Perturbing.

There is so much of it.  Online, offline, at home, at work.  Unsettling, anxiety-inducing commentary that leads nowhere.  No comfort.  No peace.  Never content in the moment.

Sure, we can disagree with each other, and we often do.  Nothing wrong with that, really.  More a matter of how we go about living in a pretty-much-constant state of disagreement.  Fear is, we are losing the ability to even talk about disagreement with any degree of civility.  Talking about disagreement becomes a disagreement.

We yell, we accuse, we belittle without offering the least bit of substance.  We blindly repeat, pile on, or hitch-the-wagon to right-sounding comments yet add nothing.  We release a storm of internet-amplified abuse.

This site is not about that.  Instead of sharing rants, share ideas.  Instead of taking sides, consider all sides and show that you have a modicum of intelligence when it comes to expressing your opinions.  Write anything you want but, please, understand that the moderator can be a real brute when a handful of simple rules are not followed.

• Try to show that you have even the slightest idea of what you are talking about.
• If you don’t know what you’re talking about, don’t talk.  Instead, learn from those who do.
• Please don’t appeal to stridency as a substitute for mental acuity.
• When you disagree, first try to show that you have heard and considered the other viewpoint(s).
• If you must attack, attack the thought or concept, not the person.