Why did you feel it's okay to violate Forum Rules by listing your opinions on issues we can't/don't discuss?2firfun50 wrote:While I haven't left the board yet, I'm thinking about it for the same reason I left the republican party. Why am I thinking of leaving? The same reason I left the republican party. There just isn't much room for right leaning centerists anymore. I feel just a little too liberal for this forum.Sputz wrote:I'm going to be somewhat of a devils advocate but I can understand the way those that have left feel. Talk about killing peace officers confiscating firearms and revolution are the exact extremist views the anti's want to see so they can prove gun owners are unstable. I believe that kind of talk is doing more harm for the cause than good.
Sputz
1. Fully support 2A, yep
2. Fully support gay rights, yep. Everyone gets equal protection under the law, especially under the tax code.
3. Abortion, don't want to pay for it, don't support it for me or mine, but its a moral issue, not an issue of law.
4. Support diversity, yep.
5. I planned my my long term financial strategy based on the 3 legged stool approach starting years ago as appropriate. You know, personal savings, company pension, and social security. Paid social security, medicare, medicaid since day one of my working life. Over 47 yrs. Now the Tea Party wants to take away one of the legs and allow companies to take away the other.
6. I don't believe any of the Tea party candidates truly support individual rights and freedoms. I haven't heard of one of them making a hard push to repeal the Patriot Act, get rid of the TSA, or disband the DHS.
7. I think local LEOs and DA's may be getting off a little too easy here. As an example, Mr. Cotten states the LEO crime rate is 5 times that of CHLs, but has refused to share the data.
Yep, I'm a little too liberal and don't like "intransigence" people on either side. Had to look that one up, but that door definitely swings both ways.
Chas.