To imply that I have an issue with your approach because you’re a smart woman is insulting.

It’s not because you’re a woman, or because you’re smart. I formed my opinions of your approach long before I knew you were a woman. Others may have an issue – that’s not for me to say. The spats you get into are NOT a consequence of your views, they are a consequence of how you present those views. It is possible for a gun loving, god fearing, gay hater to have a civil debate with a liberal gay woman that likes to get pregnant and have abortions on the weekend, for fun. Sure, it’s harder to keep the debate civil and on track, but it is possible and we should strive to do that.

Why don’t you start some of your own threads? I am sure we will love to read what you have to say.

Sigh. I’m sure you will say that this statement was sincere and in good faith, but you know as well as I do that it was meant to say “you have nothing to say”. It was a snide remark.

I have a job and so cannot post as often as you can. I work from home and have some flexibility in my web surfing, and so will occasionally pop in to see what’s going on.