Amen to that. Politics has turned into a lot of name-calling, sarcasm, insults, you name it. Politics should be above all that, even if we at FTM can't control it. But, we can set an example and, in a small way, try to return to a tradition of civility in political discourse.
As I recall the rule for POLITE conversation has for millennia been, "Never discuss sex, religion, or politics." There are too many in today's political world who seem determined to inject all three into the political discourse at the same time and sometimes personified in a single individual.
Of course eliminating sex, religion, and politics can make conversation pretty dull.
Originally Posted By: grelber
I seem to recall that several out-of-control exchanges resulted in members being banned from MFI despite numerous warnings. So far that's been reasonably sidestepped in FTM.
Maybe there haven't been any bannings on FTM, but suspensions have been and will be issued when discussions turn personal.
Differences of opinion are acceptable on FTM and expected in politics. Problems arise when one side or the other begins to label the other and/or one or both parties begin to take disagreement as a personal attack. Unfortunately in today's political environment it is pretty hard not to view opposition as a a personal attack because it too often is.
If we knew what it was we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?
