Yes, Lil'VanBone, I recognize that I am in the minority. There are others, but they show more constraint than I do, I suppose. I don't know how new you are to the forum. I don't recall seeing your name before in the political threads. If you were to examine my postings over the past 2+ years, I don't believe you will find a preponderance of opinion that I am an "attacker" or that I have been "mildly offensive." I think those friends on the Mudcat whose views I do not share, in most cases, would describe my postings as reasonably polite, even though they do not agree with them. Perhaps you are simply more sensitive than others. If I offended you, I apologize.

I certainly wouldn't argue with your statement that, "people are more likely to accept ideas that they like, and are less likely to accept those that they don't like." Sounds reasonable to me.

DougR