I am trying to say that it should be possible to communicate with people with different political opinions in a manner that is not abusive.
Don you happen to be a conservative, I am not, I have never abused you for having different political opinions to me, unlike many people on the folk scene, i make no judgements on people because they vote in a particular way, i judge them on their behaviour to others. you have always treated me well.. ok , but i do not like you or jim getting aggressive to other posters on mudcat, that does not mean i dislike you as a person, it just means I think that you are not handling certain issues on this forum, well.
kieth a hertford, views may or may not be the same as mine, personally I think that the middle east is a very complicated problem, that is full of different shades of grey, but he has a right to argue his case without being bullied, harassed or abused.
nothing on these discussion sites like mudcat about politics will make any difference to their final outcome, certainly nothing from people in entrenched positions, all this name calling is a waste of time
there are also certain people on the folk scene who pretend to be socialist who behave in a capitalistic manner., Ijudge them in the same way, that judgement is made on how they behave and on how i observe they treat me and others.
I repeat joanne crump, dave eyre, ralph jordan,diane easby, john mackenzie amongst others, took part in a bullying campaign against lizzie cornish, I do notbelieve in waving party political flags, but I will not stand by and see other members lives made miserable
Ralph, I refuse to make any comment about your music despite your continued provocation., it has nothing to do with this thread.