My Rules of Engagement for the 2024 Election

Blaine A. White, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

I’m a political junkie! I study politics, write about politics, and inevitably get into political discussions. Political discussions tend to get heated. The deeper you get into the discussion, the likelier to be fact free. I’ve decided to establish some rules that will govern my interactions. These will apply to my blog posts, discussions, and most of all the comments section for articles I write. If I’m commenting on your blog, feel free to establish your own rules. Here we go:

1. Use your words! For clarity, memes are not words, links to someone else’s site are not your words. If you can’t express yourself in your own words, your opinion is not required.

2. Be civil. In the words of the late Rodney King, “Can’t we all just get along?” Losing an argument is frustrating, but refrain from personal attacks, especially on other commenters on my blog. I don’t believe in censorship but bad behavior…