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Originally Posted by mike727 View Post
Well, it's somewhat relating to current events.
But it's political. That's a no-no here.

Although the subtitle states, "No religious or political topics please", this rule seems to be widely ignored by some; on numerous occasions (we're guilty as charged).
Largely ignored by a very small set, yet very repeat offending group. Even a person as dense me has stopped doing that here and have stuck to oddly placed witticisms around technology for the most part. Well, soaking in the gathered knowledge of the members here too... that's been most enlightening to be honest.

I can see your frustration and the same can be said about anything conflicting with one's opinion.
There's no frustration. I proffered a bit of advice in regards to knowing your environment and what may/may not be useful in those situations. Seems as if I was not blunt enough.

Please stop posting political posts here at TMO. I ask kindly that you follow the rules of TMO in that regard.

I get it! It's fun to hate on Trump at every angle. How can he get away with this?
Although I did not vote for him, I have no hate for Trump. He won, he's the US President, we can agree and disagree on his tactics and antics; the fact remains that he's the US President despite any outburst of any emotion for the rest of his term.

The more people were to accept that, then we'd be able to forego the distractions and move towards helping our immediate communities and concerns where we actually have power. Who knows, it may end up being a positive experience where people actually care for others and politicians empower those that help, not hurt or hinder such altruistic endeavors.

I also believe in FOSS too. Guess that shows as well.

Instead of indulging in self pity...
The only pity is that you've brought politics to a geek site. There's a colloquialism that goes like this - I don't bring the party to the church, so please don't bring the church to the party.

I try to examine & reason between various sides of the argument as a means to avoid cognitive dissonance.
We're a multi-cultural, multi-background, multi-device, multi-OS, multi-disciplined group of geeks that all somehow found love in Maemo, MeeGo, Nokia Internet Tablets and other geek stuff. Politics often is divisive whereas the love of gadgets keeps us here.

How about this as a concept. Go where the argument is happening and participate there because it's not here.

Thank you in advance.

Back to countdowns, geek stuff and non-political rants about Richard Stallman actually being right. And pocketable devices we'd actually purchase...