{"id":12900,"date":"2019-03-29T08:54:41","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T14:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/macblaze.ca\/?p=12900"},"modified":"2019-03-29T08:54:41","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T14:54:41","slug":"its-a-matter-of-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/?p=12900","title":{"rendered":"It’s a matter of opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I haven’t done a Stupid Human Tricks post for a while, but this one really made me cringe. Context: it was a discussion about whether or not politics should be allowed\/tolerated on a sailing forum (the rules say no). Discussion was moving along tolerably well until someone came up with this first bit of non-factual “facts.”<\/p>\n

this is not about politics this is a FACT America is the ONLY free country in the world because Americans can buy guns. so if American freedom bothers you all I have to say is God bless you and Merry Christmas.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.cruisersforum.com\/forums\/f129\/politics-or-not-please-216054-7.html<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Clearly not part of the topic discussion. This then spawned the second comment which I am giving an A+ rating on the stupid scale. I mean, you don’t have to be a Rhodes Scholar to know this wasn’t going to take the conversation anywhere good. But then again, maybe my politics are showing. Still, less than a page later the thread was closed by Mods because it had gone off the rails.<\/p>\n

I’m a recent British refugee, now American citizen ~15 yrs or so. I suspect much of the recent political furor may be due to us electing the most brilliant leader the world has ever seen. I sense that much of the rest of the world is very envious, or hopelessly mental.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.cruisersforum.com\/forums\/f129\/politics-or-not-please-216054-8.html<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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