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The thing that bothers me the most is the overly boisterious way that a lot of people are expressing their opinion on matters as well as how overly boisterous people are who have different viewpoints. The word respect has lost a lot of its power. Whether it's family or friends or co-workers, I'm around a large diversity of backgrounds, race and religious beliefs. Maybe I'm just lucky, but when it comes to political or social viewpoints, even if we have different thoughts on different issues, we always treat each other with respect. I've got family and I know some of you all have served in our military to give us the privilege of having freedom of speech. (Thank you all who have served) Freedom of speech does not exclude anyone from possible repercussions of what is said. lol Anyone who is married knows what I mean. Maybe more important is the fact that freedom of speech does not mean that you always have to say anything.

<blockquote data-quote="alabamajack" data-source="post: 1303707" data-attributes="member: 22519"><p>The thing that bothers me the most is the overly boisterious way that a lot of people are expressing their opinion on matters as well as how overly boisterous people are who have different viewpoints.&nbsp;&nbsp; The word respect has lost a lot of its power.&nbsp;&nbsp; Whether it&#039;s family or friends or co-workers, I&#039;m around a large diversity of backgrounds, race and religious beliefs.&nbsp;&nbsp; Maybe I&#039;m just lucky, but when it comes to political or social viewpoints, even if we have different thoughts on&nbsp; different issues, we always treat each other with respect.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ve got family and I know some of you all have served in our military to give us the privilege of having freedom of speech.&nbsp;&nbsp; (Thank you all who have served) Freedom of speech does not exclude anyone from possible repercussions of what is said. lol Anyone who is married knows what I mean.&nbsp;&nbsp; Maybe more important is the fact that freedom of speech does not mean that you always&nbsp; have to say anything.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="alabamajack, post: 1303707, member: 22519"] The thing that bothers me the most is the overly boisterious way that a lot of people are expressing their opinion on matters as well as how overly boisterous people are who have different viewpoints. The word respect has lost a lot of its power. Whether it's family or friends or co-workers, I'm around a large diversity of backgrounds, race and religious beliefs. Maybe I'm just lucky, but when it comes to political or social viewpoints, even if we have different thoughts on different issues, we always treat each other with respect. I've got family and I know some of you all have served in our military to give us the privilege of having freedom of speech. (Thank you all who have served) Freedom of speech does not exclude anyone from possible repercussions of what is said. lol Anyone who is married knows what I mean. Maybe more important is the fact that freedom of speech does not mean that you always have to say anything. [/QUOTE]