@Jennifer1984 Said 
I come here to get the "view from across the water". f'rinstance, I know what other LGBT people think of Trump from Rainbow Network. I know what other Brits think of him from UK forums. But I want to know what Americans think of him and for me this is the best of the US oriented sites I've come across.
As for argumentative.... well, I see that as a good thing. I don't mind being challenged as long as I'm challenged on the basis of my views on the subject and others don't just resort to personal abuse (although that is a feature of all forums wherever you go). When somebody can't adequately challenge the post and resorts instead to attacking the poster then to me that is merely a sign of their feeble mind and lack of wit.
Perhaps having fewer posters is not such a bad thing as long as the opinions expressed by those posters are diverse and challenging. I visit one UK forum where many people latch onto new subjects so quickly that posts come thick and fast causing individual voices to get lost in the babble. A lot of very good points get swamped and missed because the sheer volume of traffic drowns them out.
TFS is good. I like it.
Oh, and one last thing..... Long posts are not a bad thing if the content makes a valid point, or even several valid points.
First world problem: Short attention spans breed intolerance to detailed discussion.
You've made comments several times defending your long posts. I'd flip the scrip on ya and say it's a more well rounded thinker and it takes a much more articulate writer to get to the point in a concise fashion. Short attention spans may have something to do with it, but I don't think so.
Just about every person in my circle was watching the election coverage well into the late night and just about everyone I know s*** a 5 pound kitten when he was elected. I was dumbfounded. I've told my story here a few times and again, I have a few FB friends that were heavy in the tank for The Buffoon, but most people I know were shocked. I didn't vote for him myself.
He's a con man, a narcissist and about on par with a used car salesman. If that doesn't translate from American to Brit for you, being a used car salesman here in the states is pretty low on the rung of the ladder of life, most are sleazy and slimy.
In terms of the argumentative portion of your post, not sure if you were directing that at me or not, I was just merely commenting that there isn't a wide swath of opinion on this forum because of such a low poster turnout, nothing to do with being argumentative or not, simply a comment on the lack of varied opinion, in my humble opinion.
Nov 17, 2016 @ 02:06:38
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