Thread: Why Do You..

I'm kinda with you. I'll jump in here with philosophical quandaries, general ethics, and what have you, but I avoid the hard politics and religion.

It's not that I find that aspect of the discussion on SRP unfriendly. In fact, I think it is far more friendly than most places.

It's not that I can't "man up." Politics was my thing for years.

But I have plenty of other places to discuss those things, and the simple fact of the matter is this:

There are certain beliefs that if I know someone holds them, I cannot respect them. It's only a couple things in particular, so it's not like I want everyone to think like I do. I'm open to diverse beliefs, but these couple things really, really bother me.

However my own life and mind has brought me to these conclusions, there are some things we still debate that I think are so archaic in terms of ethics that I just can't like someone who argues the point, and I don't understand how anyone can believe things like that. To me, people who argue these things are like people who argue in favor of bringing back public stoning for trimming your beard, or selling off your daughter for marriage in exchange for a cow.

Once I know, my opinion of that person is forever tainted.

I know that sounds immature. It probably is. But on some of these issues, we're all immature. That's why it gets so heated.

So I just stay the hell out of a lot of the political discourse here. I like you all too much to let something like that taint my thinking to the point where I don't want to talk to someone.