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It's evident there's many who haven't done their homework about the community we have going here. Yes, I'm an unaffiliated voter. I'm really sick of both parties. I'm an independent individual who does his research and calls his shots the way he sees them. Should you care to disagree with anything, feel free, but follow Robert's Rules Of Order. Bullying others for stating their opinion will not be tolerated. Personal attacks anywhere at anytime are certain to get you deleted and banned. We're actually trying to accomplish what the rest of the world seems to have forgotten, a synergistic solution to the problems we all face today. First and foremost, you need to understand that just because you disagree does not give you the right to condemn anybody else for their opinions. Should you have the where-with-all to be able to present your side and prove your case, I'll be the first to agree with you once I've verified the information. That's only prudent today, as there's so much false information going around from everywhere. Also remember we all know there's only been one perfect person on earth, and he was killed for that. It doesn't matter which platform you're reading this on, either. Every platform has their own pages on each other's platform. You may hate one over the other, and that's your choice, but it's not mine. With over 7,170 followers on this page, my obligation is to the group and my son, who I started this as a diary for. Since then, we've all pulled each other out of trying times, and discovered solutions to many problems that seemed unsurmountable. Yes, most of us are looking forward to the Second Coming, but when it's prefaced by name calling and curse words, we know from whence it came, and that's the false one, not the real one. Just like Teddy Roosevelt covered in "The Critic". Should you feel you're "all that", prove it. Start your own page and you'll learn things the same way we have. To live to criticize and condemn others you don't even know only demonstrates your lack of intelligence. If you do your own research and are able to prove your position, that is only the beginning. Next, contact them civilly and give them the opportunity to respond. If they don't/won't, that allows one to form an opinion based on knowledge and experience. Have I deleted comments and banned people? Yes, sadly, I have, but it's only because they're here to create hate and discontent. Yes, I feel guilty every time I do it because I question my right to censor anyone, but the rules are quite clear and I try to give them the benefit of the doubt first. Some people are just so intent on making other's lives miserable, but that's an untenable position here. Debate is imperative, but not what they're after. Bullying and rude/crude language just won't aid anybody in forming an intelligent conclusion. We've almost doubled the followers in the past year, and could've done a lot more had we not been severely throttled down. Because of my personal page sharing a meme from fb to fb they "fact checked", I'm restricted for the next 90 days minimum unless I pay to boost the post. The meme turned out to be correct, on top of that. Yes, you read that right. Then, when I shared it on Wimkin.com, I was eviscerated for even showing it there by some. I guess they don't know Wimkin has fb pages, too. Oh well, it's still business as usual, onward and upward. As Farragut said about the torpedoes ! We've come too far to give it up now. Just like our very nation. We'll continue to fight. Tooth and nail ! Anything else is capitulation. Period !