I go to great pains to show I'm not in anyone's camp.
While all can side with me on the issues anytime, and all can disagree anytime -- I really don't expect or even want anyone to side with me in a pissing match.
The ones I get into are sometimes of my doing or me reacting to another's doing and occasionally, if I were to admit it, instigated by me.
There is an entertainment value to using GCG. But overall, I just have a different viewpoint. It's too socially and economically liberal and morally conservative for many...and it rubs people the wrong way.
I think my respect is not placed on people based on how they think. It's based on their personalities and how they interact with people, and how they handle disagreement.
Well enough of that...Catch you in another conversation... and I'll stick to the issues and try to let the personality conflicts of which I am engaged die down...and die out. It all is what it is, and I helped bring it to that point, that I know.