I suspect I manage it better than you suspect.
> I don't know why but it seems some people on the site like to haze and sling insults. Do I have to prove something before I am accepted?
Hazing and insult-slinging are de rigeur in some circles, there will always be some overlap on other circles. Then, there is the ongoing issue of Ravi and his "Abu Hartal" tentacle, his Jan Carowan tentacle, and whether you are really who you say you are.
> I am not hiding anything. I am not here to compete with anyone or to call out anyone on anything. Maybe I am a bit defensive - but that is merely because I am attacked for merely expessing an opinion - that I disagree with authoritarian socialism.
Roberts Rules of Order are not in effect. This is more like that Prairie Dog arcade game, If a head pops up, it will get hammered. It can then decide whether to pop back up, stay up because it wasn't hammered hard enough, and to start hammering back.
> I am not a troll, CIA nor a FBI agent, not a PHD or academic, not poor, but certainly not rich. I just wanted to offer some thoughts, experiences on autonomism and my concerns with social democratic reforms.
None of that explains the why. I asked, what is driving your desire to make these offerings.
> Moreover, I was being rhetorical with my question regarding LBO, because I get a sense that ideas, thoughts are shot down before they are sincerely discussed. I expressed an opinion and was skewered as it being useless. So, I ask what is the alternative? This is an honest and genuine question.
I've lurked here for a very long time and I still do not have a good grasp on the ins and outs of everything. What I have picked up on, some things are so outlandish to left perspective that they are nipped in the bud before they can take root.
Whether some shoot too much and at the wrong things is another debate.
Percy