I am very rarely "for or against" people. I am "for or against" issues. That may be a result of my 3rd party affiliation, or it may just be the fact that I try to differentiate between a person and their opinion. I have agreed with you in some cases, and not in others. But never to the point that I thought any less of you.

what do other users think of me?

Well, I've seen you around enough that I recognize your name when I see it! Other than recoginition, though, I haven't formed any specific opinion, positive or negative. I guess that means you've neither pissed me off nor made me stop and think, "By God -- this is a genius!"

Actually, unless a user and I have had some sort of personal back and forth (positive or negative) I don't generally form any kind of opinion about them. So for the majority of JoeUsers I'm Switzerland.

Andy, you're thinking too much. (This from me... who knew?)

Calm Down. This place is a place for people to write what they want to write about. Politics is a heated conversation. Trying to pull substance from other peoples disagreement with your political views is like wringing a dry sponge.

As of right now Andy, you are just another face in the crowd. (I say this because I, also, am just a face in the crowd) You want people to recognize what you do, as do I, but you just aren't a recognizable persona on JU yet. LW and Peter are JU staples. Even if you don't agree with them, or someone doesn't agree with them, they're still going to be here.

Why do you say with or against? It sounds acusatory, like if I'm NOT with you then I HAVE to be against you. Some people won't be either. I may personally not agree with your political opinion, but I really don't give a bat's lower back. You're a good guy and you write what you feel like writing, and I'll be there to tell you what I think.

Don't let the blogs get you down big man.

Peace,

Beebes

I don't mean for this to sound harsh, but while you may have been around for a while, you have not been interesting enough consistently enough for me to have formed a significant opinion about your personality. Overall I think you sound like someone who is generally reasonable, but I try to assume that about most people.

I expect that most people will agree with just about everybody else on something eventually. It's not at all surprising, given the number of conversations that you can be involved in on the site, to eventually find that someone disagrees with you vehemently about one thing and applauds your every syllable on another topic. I do that with my friends quite regularly, it's just not often that it occurs between one minute and the next.

One key that a lot of people need to remember is that regardless of how stupid you think a particular opinion is, you need to show a modicum of respect to the person expressing it. Some people may have earned that respect, some may not have, but in the interest of carrying on a civil discourse it is absolutely required.

I suppose the title was a bit misleading, thats my fault. I don't mean to make anyone feel as if they have to choose, I'm enjoying the responses so far.

Alex it's good to see you made it home safely, I'll have to talk to you, the Cap'n, zoo, and carebear about how it went!

I don't brush people off because I disagree with them. The only reason I avioid clicking people's articles is because I have given up on them posting anything of merit. I disagree with you quite often, and yes, I called you a twit... but I never got the idea that it wasn't worth reading what you write. In the matter of the Klan, I think people can go way off the deep end of the "open minded" pool. Anyway, twit isn't a permanent title

The only reason I avioid clicking people's articles is because I have given up on them posting anything of merit.

I'll concur with that. It is rare when I "write a blooger off," though I do on occassion.

Ahh, I've been called much worse than a twit, but it's refreshing to know it won't haunt me for the rest of my days

If you see people embarassing themselves, you tell them to shut up. When you get into a discussion, you can get tunnel-vision, and forget where you are. You start playing deviil's advocate, you start getting a bit looser with the old philosophy, start maybe lettting yourself lean in ways you wouldn't normally if you were talking in a real-life, public place...

And then suddenly you are defending the KKK and saying Hitler was a genius...

Then your "friend" looks over and says "Gah, shut up, people can hear you", and you realize you are talking really loud and the entire room is sitting, looking at you with their mouth agape.

Yeah, it was kind of like that...

I said shut up, yes, and I meant it in the most humane way. I think your leanings are pretty well known now, little_whip, and they probably lean a lot further than we know (if we try not to read between the lines). You may not care how people take stuff, but the conversation as a whole doesn't look the same from the outside as it does from the inside. It was getting creepy, so I said, "shut up". Take it how you like.

I BEG YOU ALL TO DO WHAT I SAID TO DO IN ANOTHER POSTING.... pETER HAS GONE TOO FAR.... BLACKLIST HIM SO HE HAS NO AUDIENCE... I PROMISE YOU HE WILL FADE AWAY IF WE ALL DO THAT.....
AS FOR YOU APDELONG...I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH YOU OR YOUR POSTINGS.

And Hitler WAS a genius, he could not have come into power and done the damage he did if he were a moron

Here I disagree completely. Certainly Hitler was not mentally retarded. Most likely his intelligence was somewhat above average. But to call him a genius solely on the basis of his political and genocidal accomplishments is ridiculous. Any number of people have unleashed genocidal policies. All it takes is a lot of hate, a grim determination, and the tiniest modicum of imagination.

But that's a debate for another place.

Shut up, little_whip... ...

... no, really, shut up...

Ladies and gentlemen, not here or they get deleted. I can see the attempt at making it a joke, but the underlying theme isn't very jovial.

Andy, who gives a darn what people think of you. Just be happy that you are able to voice your opinion on something. If people don't like you, then so be it. It's not like you care right? I mean I really don't know of a certain blogger on here that doesn't like me, but I'm sure there are some out there, and you know what, I don't care.

~carebear~

Andy, don't worry i had kinda the same prob. and i posted an article about it on mine today before i read yours. I know you shouldn't care right but you kinda do just because you don't know why. I am the same way if that is it. Cause that is how i feel. I don't care what people think of me here though. Live your life like you want and everything will go good don't worry about things like this. Well at least try like i am.

~blondelife~