re: #201 iceweasel

Not so sure about that SFZ, all due respect.
Maybe easy for me to say, as when I joined here it was already easier to be sort of ‘out’ as a liberal, thanks to people like you, marjorie, and avanti…but it’s important to say what we think is right, no? Even if we didn’t always say it?

Personal example: despite my general combative attitude here in many ways, certain subjects I avoid. Certain subjects I’ll only talk about on a a thread involving a post about them, like criminal trials, like torture. It’s gotten a bit easier to do so as time goes on, but I definitely wouldn’t think that having been silent in the past on something (not that I was, exactly) abrogates my right (and even my duty) to speak up on topics forever.

I hear you. And I’ve said what I think about this in the past…just holding back a bit.