An Apology to the Board

Many of you may have missed it, but I got hammered pretty good in another thread somebody had started this morning. While I felt like I was giving my honestly-held beliefs, i could tell by the diversity of posters who were criticizing me that maybe it's time for some honest reflection about some things.

I do want to say this. When i talk about how much it bothers me to see the President of the United States and the Attorney General of the United States fueling racial animus instead of trying to be real leaders and bring this country together, i am not exaggerating the extent to which it bothers me. People are free to disagree with me, but for but some to act act like that doesn't make any sense, well, I sincerely don't get that.

But nevertheless, I get the message. From now on, im going to leave any and all race-related topics to the rest of you. Good luck with that, btw. The dirty little secret is, everyone of us comes to this board with a certain biases and prejudices, primarily based on our life experiences.

So, sorry to anybody who may have been legitimately offended. You know, I would actually like to have honest discussions with somebody like ommg, maybe even find some common ground. Is that even possible? I dont know.

I would like to refute one thing, though. Someone made the comment that I only talk about race-related matters. Nothing could be further from the truth. I've discussed a plethora of issues here. Everything from the national debt to 2nd Amendment rights to abortion to media bias to immigration, etc, etc. Just yesterday, i was talking about how the networks even staff the "light news" shows with mostly liberal on-air talent. It didn't illicit any responses, probably because it was 4-5 paragraphs and contained too much detail.

So, no more race-related topics for me. I would suggest that people join me for some personal reflection, because we all bring some personal bias to those discussions.

I'm sure a few posters will take this opportunity to bash me, and that's fine, but this is intended for anybody/everybody who would like to see this board used for, hopefully, a higher-level of discourse. I obviously failed in that pursuit this morning, but I plan on learning from the experience and getting better.

Don't ask me any questions,because I won't be posting in this thread again. As Les Miles once said, have a great day.