A few months ago I discovered a web forum in my area, it is made up mostly with people from the area I live here on the NE side of Houston. At first I found it useful for local things like reviews of restaurants or doctors, etc. It was also a good resource for news on construction projects, road closures and improvements, all kinds of things. I guess the things we have in common is most of us own homes here, have kids and grand kids, etc.
That being said, I do live in a very conservative community. We have our own chapter of the Tea Party and our US Representative is Ted Poe who is a quazzi TP supporter. He is known for his rant on the House floor on compact fluorescent light bulbs and low volume flush toilets as some kind of socialist takeover.
What I have found is interesting. Just about every day someone posts a bible quote or something about Jesus. These folks are quite religious. They also LOVE Trump, Carson, Cruz, etc when it comes to the GOP candidates. And they HATE that Benghazzi liar, Clinton and that SOCIALIST Sanders. They really hate Muslims, they claim that all those coming from Syria are nothing more than ISIS terrorists and too lazy to try to fight for their country.
I don't post much political stuff but I do sometimes try to be a Devil's Advocate and point out other arguments. It's pretty funny the things they say back to me. Not sure how much longer I will be at that forum. I try to be open to others ideas but these folks are really not capable of having an intelligent argument, facts mean nothing.
It's not at all like this place.
11-07-2015, 01:23 PM
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