What "part" of you gets ridiculed on MyLot the most?

Good idea. You find some good topics that way. I'm all for intelligent discussions, but some people just like to throw fuel on the fire. I can see chaotic people argue on the news!

Come on! religion and politics are about the two most interesting topics out there. Take that out and all you you can discuss is your personal life or soaps. Ok, was just kidding about the 'personal life and soaps' bit but seriously I don't think that you should refrain from discussing topics that make you uncomfortable or are likely to cause conflict. Ihe whole point of having a forum like this is that everybody can put their honest opinion out there and maybe some of us can understand the other side of the story (or even switch sides).

I think you can discuss whatever you want. It would just be nice if people kept their manners about them and didn't behave like monkeys.

I agree with makeitcount. Why not debate? That's what makes life interesting. And why not defend your beliefs? If someone's bashing you, then defend yourself and whatever they are bashing. Don't shy away and take it.

I'm not saying be rude or mean, but you can have a decent debate without namecalling. Who knows, maybe you'll be able to persuade someone...

You're right. Don't you wish you could save the world? LOL Sometimes I feel like I need to be righting misconceptions, but what you said sounds better. Just leaving it to Jesus.: )

My view will definetly be an unpopular one here and honest I'm not trying to bash your religion, your beliefs or personally attack you. Christians are getting a bad rap because it preaches tolerance, love and peace, however those who claim to be Christian, those of whom you let represent you practice quite the reverse. Stop allowing fanatics to come into power, and stop following them just because they claim to be Christian and cry out for family values as they do exactly the opposite.

I'm not meaning to rant, I firmly believe that Christianity is one of the best religions out there in practice, however in practice, in this country America, it's beginning to really scare me.

I just wanted to add, that the reason I posted is so you can understand "the otherside" from a reasonable (I'd like to think) stand point. I'm not attacking, really I'm not. (sigh)

What you just said is part of the problem. Just because someone claims to be a Christian doesn't mean they are. If you told me you were Asian, it wouldn't mean you were Asian. And no one stops long enough to quit lumping true Christians with ones who just use the name. Besides, if Christians could 'stop letting certian people come into power', then we would also have changed other things. Meaning? Strangely enough, Christians don't rule the world. Novel thought.

To Filmbuff: Not all Christians are the way you described. A true Christian is Christ-like, we strive to be as much like Christ as we can. I am a follower of Jesus Christ not a follower of preachers or any man. You are judging ALL Christians by the few that play Christian. Not a fair assumption at all.

You make more and more sense to me every day.: )

I don't bother trying to refute the posts. I just trust that people can make up their own minds without input from posters with agendas. I love MyLot. It's provided a lot of joy to me.

I like to stay away from the posts who start trouble. I come across them when I scroll through the top discussions or new discussions. I can't believe someone got on your case for telling the post was a hoax. I would WANT to know if I was unwittingly spreading information that wasn't true.

You're right. It goes beyond race and religion. I don't smoke, and don't advocate it. However, when a post says FOR SMOKERS ONLY, and the non smokers go and tear the responders apart...it's like, get a life. I saw a post like that a few weeks ago. Some smokers were tired of being reprimanded so they wanted to talk about it without fear of reprisal. But some people couldn't help but try to 'set them right' anyway.

Oh I know. I started one about how smokers are being discriminated and why hasn't the ACLU stepped in (with jobs, living places, etc). It wasn't about whether smoking is right or wrong it was about the discrimination part. I still had some come in saying how smoking was hazzardous to our health etc.

I've also seen posts about being overweight and a lot of negative attitudes on that one. I suppose anything that is not seen as "normal" or "politically corrent" right now will go under fire.

And when they do that in your discussions, they take it on you by giving you negative ratings. Since posting this discussion I noticed my rating went down two points. It doesn't bother me, but I was surprised more than anything. I mean when you ask for a specific group of people to respond, you aren't exactly looking for your detractor's opinions, such as the non smokers or the ones who are always complaining about someone's religion or race.

I have never seen a discussion bashing Filipinos, but someone on my friend list started a discussion strictly for Filipinos about the backlash they had been getting from others about their nationality. I have to say the Filipinos have been the friendliest group I've come across.

This discussion started when I logged on today and immediately saw 2 discussions right in front of my face bashing Christianity and Americans. I don't reply to them myself. But I know they get a lot of responses. I don't want anything to do with it because you can't explain anything to overly dogged people. It was just discouraging to see that as soon as I logged on MyLot today.