Si modo
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A few years ago, when I found that I had a bit more free time available to me, I also got involved in politics and discussions of politics. I also was very much a green weenie. Immersion into political discussions is an effective way to better your knowledge of current events in the political arena and to better your debating skills. It can get very heated at times. It can get very inane at times, as well - thus the frustration that comes with it.Heya all from Australia!
If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.
- Clark.
I'm a neophyte at politics, here to test my views and evolve them. I do, however, have values firmly placed in humanitarianism. I don't subscribe to Camus' : "Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is." If we can't better ourselves, see higher and wider than the horizon before us, then there's small point in striving and the person left tasting the ashes of defeat is yourself.
I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.
~Albert Einstein.
The words of a man I find inspirational.
So, I was in the same boat several years ago. I wouldn't change the way I chose to get involved once I had more free time available, either. As long as you value being informed, the skill of debate, logic, and have no fear of being wrong (and can publicly admit it) above partisan points, I think you will find it rewarding as well. You come with a great recommendation behind you, too.
Take a mafia mentality to it - 'it's not personal, it's just business'. It helps.