CDZ Is common courtesy and decency dead?

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I watch the news and read reports, and now read this message board and it's quite clear that people just don't care about each other any more. From either side.

Look at all the various issues and such and it's obvious neither the left nor the right , as a whole, care about people, they only care about their agenda.

homosexuality, who cares marry who you want, but don't then turn around and demand that someone take part in your ceremony. Who demands that someone serve them when that person doesn't want to serve them? An asshole, that's who. Yes, okay you're of the opinion that the person who refused to bake your cake is a bigot, big whoop they no more care about your opinion than you care about theirs, and guess what? The government has exactly the same right to demand their opinion conform to yours as it does to demand that your opinion conforms to theirs, Meaning none at all.

Transgender bathrooms. If you own a business, do whatever you want with the bathrooms, if as a customer you don't like their policy, here's an idea shop somewhere else. How hard is that?

Abortion. Can we seriously not grow up and come to an agreement here? If I see a 3 month pregnant woman walking down the street and I cause harm that kills that fetus, I'm guilty of murder, yet if that same woman walks into her drs office and gets an abortion, that's not murder. Let me clue yall in something. MURDER is the illegal killing of a human being, how can it be a human being in one instance, yet not another? Simple solution, takes 5 minutes. Agree on a point that as far as the law is concerned life begins, applicable to ALL laws. Then no matter which side you are on if you disagree with the law, sorry, but in this country we follow the rule of law.

immigration? Come on illegal immigration helps the rich on both sides, and no one else. Can't we really come together and put the politics aside and say "No more" while at the same time realizing that we simply aren't going to deport 12M people. It will not happen. It would be mean and cruel to split up families and force people to make choices, that however does NOT mean we can't stop more from coming over. But no, those on BOTH sides rather scream and rant and rave and parrot their overlords who actually benefit from illegal immigration.

And that's not even touching on border security or screening Muslims before allowing them into this country, both common sense issues that only a partisan dunce, or someone with bad intentions, would object to.

Why have we as Americans lost the ability to be courteous to people we disagree with?

Can you imagine if the founding fathers had refused to compromise? We would have lasted about 10 minutes as a nation.

white, black, brown, hispanic, straight, gay, male, female it doesn't matter, Stop letting our elected leaders pit us against each other. GOP or Dem, they don't care about us. They rely on the fact that so many people think they do to keep their stranglehold on us.
 
Here, here. Who out there is willing and able to unite this nation? I can't think of even one that is willing, AND able. Not one. If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. If you have nothing constructive to say, sit down, shut up, and listen!!!! You just may accually learn something.
 
Here, here. Who out there is willing and able to unite this nation? I can't think of even one that is willing, AND able. Not one. If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. If you have nothing constructive to say, sit down, shut up, and listen!!!! You just may accually learn something.

A nice sentiment, all rainbows and ponies and stuff, but these are odd times with much of America mis-educated and growing up dreaming of the false Communist utopia that the nation spent the latter half of the 20th Century defeating.

Oil and water do not mix.
 
I have noticed that some folks are nice and some are dickheads, always has been this way and probably always will...
 
I have noticed that some folks are nice and some are dickheads, always has been this way and probably always will...
I guess we should just accept it then and not strive for something better. That is what this country stands for now after all, just good enough. To hell with excelling, too much work.
It's all up to the individual as to how they act, not me...They have the greatest freedom in the world to be able to make the choice of being good or evil..
 
Here, here. Who out there is willing and able to unite this nation? I can't think of even one that is willing, AND able. Not one. If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. If you have nothing constructive to say, sit down, shut up, and listen!!!! You just may accually learn something.

A nice sentiment, all rainbows and ponies and stuff, but these are odd times with much of America mis-educated and growing up dreaming of the false Communist utopia that the nation spent the latter half of the 20th Century defeating.

Oil and water do not mix.
This is part of the problem... Liberals introduce ideas that are socialistic in nature and conservatives present them as absolute socialism or communism... Conservatives introduce ideas promoting individual freedoms and independence and the left calls them bigots and racists...
How about we discuss issues at face value and not misrepresent them with bloated exaggerated talk? Then we can all ride the ponies over the rainbow together.
 
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Here, here. Who out there is willing and able to unite this nation? I can't think of even one that is willing, AND able. Not one. If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. If you have nothing constructive to say, sit down, shut up, and listen!!!! You just may accually learn something.

A nice sentiment, all rainbows and ponies and stuff, but these are odd times with much of America mis-educated and growing up dreaming of the false Communist utopia that the nation spent the latter half of the 20th Century defeating.

Oil and water do not mix.
This is part of the problem... Liberals introduce ideas that are socialistic in nature and conservatives present them as absolute socialism or communism... Conservatives introduce ideas promoting individual freedoms and independence and the left calls them bigots and racists...
How about we discuss issues at face value and not misrepresent them with bloated exaggerated talk? Then we can all ride the ponies over the rainbow together.

Exactly. This BS that one side is better, or worse, than the other is getting us nowhere. Those in power are surely laughing their asses off though.
 
Totally agreed! Can't we be decent with each other and stop starting unnecessary wars on false pretenses and instead educate our society with our tax dollars and feed our starving children? How about we give women reproductive choice, too?
 
I run a forum where people pay to join.
There is only one rule.
We are all gentlemen and treat each other accordingly. (including our female member)
In 3 years I have never banned anybody. In fact the only moderation I have ever done was to tell a couple of members that I was disappointed in them.
We only have a couple of hundred members and its a bit cosy.
Peer pressure keeps everyone in line and it is possible to share views without being abusive.
 
Reason there's so many dickheads is cause there are so many dumbfucks.
 
Totally agreed! Can't we be decent with each other and stop starting unnecessary wars on false pretenses and instead educate our society with our tax dollars and feed our starving children? How about we give women reproductive choice, too?

None of that has ANYTHING to do with this topic. I'm fairly certain you already knew that.
 
yep, it's history. manners and respect seems to be something of the past.

but in Politics too. if you look at the Democrat party and how the elected politician from that party act. telling people to go get in peoples faces, how they don't bring a knife to a gun fight, etc. it's no wonder is it. ?
 
yep, it's history. manners and respect seems to be something of the past.

but in Politics too. if you look at the Democrat party and how the elected politician from that party act. telling people to go get in peoples faces, how they don't bring a knife to a gun fight, etc. it's no wonder is it. ?


Pointing out the democratic party and saying "nah nah nah they're assholes" is no better than when the liberals do so about GOP. It's pathetic and divisive.

I don't know why people can't accept that there are smart, dedicate, patriotic people on both sides who genuinely believe they know the right plan for this country. There are also dumbshits on both sides. The point is we must work to identify the smartest on BOTH sides an incorporate some of both views into our policy making, while at the same time telling the idiots on both sides to just shut up.

Just because a policy is believed to be liberal or conservative shouldn't make it either good or bad.
 
yep, it's history. manners and respect seems to be something of the past.

but in Politics too. if you look at the Democrat party and how the elected politician from that party act. telling people to go get in peoples faces, how they don't bring a knife to a gun fight, etc. it's no wonder is it. ?


Pointing out the democratic party and saying "nah nah nah they're assholes" is no better than when the liberals do so about GOP. It's pathetic and divisive.

I don't know why people can't accept that there are smart, dedicate, patriotic people on both sides who genuinely believe they know the right plan for this country. There are also dumbshits on both sides. The point is we must work to identify the smartest on BOTH sides an incorporate some of both views into our policy making, while at the same time telling the idiots on both sides to just shut up.

Just because a policy is believed to be liberal or conservative shouldn't make it either good or bad.

I don't need a sermon daddy. good grief. nice knowing you
 
yep, it's history. manners and respect seems to be something of the past.

but in Politics too. if you look at the Democrat party and how the elected politician from that party act. telling people to go get in peoples faces, how they don't bring a knife to a gun fight, etc. it's no wonder is it. ?


Pointing out the democratic party and saying "nah nah nah they're assholes" is no better than when the liberals do so about GOP. It's pathetic and divisive.

I don't know why people can't accept that there are smart, dedicate, patriotic people on both sides who genuinely believe they know the right plan for this country. There are also dumbshits on both sides. The point is we must work to identify the smartest on BOTH sides an incorporate some of both views into our policy making, while at the same time telling the idiots on both sides to just shut up.

Just because a policy is believed to be liberal or conservative shouldn't make it either good or bad.

I don't need a sermon daddy. good grief. nice knowing you

I disagree, you - and millions of other Americans - sorely nee a sermon.
 

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