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I don’t spend much time on this page and I’ve been trying to figure out why it doesn’t appeal to me, I am extremely politically engaged, love intellectual debate, and feel a strong need to push back against the SJW culture, by all rights this should be my home. Though I loved engaging on Facebook, I could no longer tolerate the political bias and censorship of right wing personalities, and have recently deleted all other social media platforms (more like a year or so ago), but still haven’t found this site to be a good alternative and I think I know why. It’s an echo chamber. Nearly every user here and every intellectual figure (for the most part) agrees with my worldview and we never see any level of dissent or challenges to our narrative. Perhaps some people like that (though I argue it’s unhealthy and unproductive, and would strongly urge anyone to engage with those with whom they disagree), but it’s not for me. I don’t need a flood of likes and “attaboys”, I want to engage in difficult discussions where I truly need to work to justify my opinions, and reflect on and counter (or accept and adjust my opinion in some cases) the arguments against my view. I guess what I’m trying to get at is that the admins of this page need to figure out a way to market this page to more people of more political persuasion, we are lacking an arena in this society that fosters an environment where people can share their ideas with one another without the narrative being altered by the powers that be, and in my opinion this page isn’t much different. The narrative is predetermined to flow in one direction, and rather than creating that through censorship it’s achieved through merely not attempting to bring in any other perspectives. And that would also subsequently allow us to try and convince others why we are right, and if we truly believe we are correct then we should welcome the opportunity to defend our positions with facts.

Please feel free to challenge me or provide any other feedback, I’d be interested to see where most people stand on this.

JesseBraaten 4 Dec 21
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I think perhaps a much unused option, the discussion rooms, might solve some of this, but there would need to be subject time and understood process before this would work .....

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On reading the posts and comments on this page I realize there are a lot of people out seeking something more then other peoples ideas or theologies. As Jesse says, it's an Echo Chamber with the same old Doctrines etc and there is nothing new or original any more.
I have compassion for those who are hungry for knowledge and understanding, I will attempt to give these people some of my Understanding.
I have had a very blessed life and been favored with my education. I have been in the world but not of it. I have loved learning and because of this I have been shown a lot and given the Understanding for what I see. The point I would like to make after my humble intro is that unlike most people on this planet I am not Religious!
What is Religion? It is a belief or a faith in something or someone, some thing you base your decisions on and make your lifestyle by.
Atheism, Agnosticism, Catholicism, politics of all persuasions etc are all Religions and all preach that my way is the best. Every thing you do on this planet is based on your or some other persons faith or persuasion.
When you are born you are born into a religion or a belief system by your family and Country and grow into the doctrines (Politics) of that Country and or Family.
There is no Religion in the Truth and I know the Truth and the Truth has freed me from Religion!
There is a lot more to be said about this but will stop here because this is hard for me to explain properly without sounding Religious to some or preaching to others. This writing I have done here needs to be shown more then written about I know but I hope it has given someone food for thought. I would like to end with a question to you who would wonder.
Who would you class as the richer person. A multi millionaire who's life is ruled by his money or a person that has no need for money and has all the things he needs?

Demo Progressive Socialism is a religion, but more a cult. Most cults want to seperate youth from their parents influence CHECK Most cults place an emphisis on sex. CHECK Most cults believe that they are the way, the trufh and the light. CHECK

@johnlondon All Cults are Religion! (Faiths/beliefs) Liberal, Labor for instance.

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