And a Happy 4th to all!

When I saw the title to this thread, I knew it would soon be ruined by a few usual suspects. I was not disappointed. Or was I? 

@grannyring happy 4th is not a non-political post. It is as political as if you said "free Gaza!"

Your first post was also trolling and very political. You invited all the politically charged responses:

Happy 4th of July to my fellow Agoners! I am thankful for this country and yes even the fact that we don’t have a king.  Enjoy family and friends this weekend. 

If you don’t understand that, you are living in a bubble. It’s not my opinion, it is what this divided county is experiencing now. There was a comment here celebrating Alligator Alcatraz. If anyone had relatives who died and/or survived the Holocaust (I do) they understand what alligator alcatraz is, and the 45 billion dollars that ICE is getting to terrorize blue states, build private prisons and labor camps. That’s also what the WH broadcast for days as a reason to feel great about the 4th of July along with the bill. 

It is true that the discussions should be audio related. Strangely, when Biden was president, no one cared about that rule. Anyone could call him an idiot, blame bidenomics for tube prices, that time it was all relevant, as everything affects everything. If an audiophile was in a bad mood because a democrat is in the WH, then it is audio related stuff. It is (current person in WH) off topic now, I can  quote what the moderators wrote me. Not that political stuff is banned, That any negative posts about this president will be removed. That’s when free speech ended here. 

It would be nice to have an intelligent discussion about anything but it would take both sides to behave and communicate in a civilized manner. Safe to say it will never happen. Maybe after a massive collapse that is inevitable now.

@immatthewj 

I realize the origin of the political reference.

@nonoise 

You're writing the same theme again.  Statistically a lot of the members have the same political leanings as you but somehow aren't interested in the capital recap on interesting discussions.

@immatthewj 

I sometimes get that McAfee pop up when I'm here too. All I'm trying to do is read a thread (not clicking a link) and it pops up and sometimes shuts the site down to me. I don't have nor have I ever had McAfee. It's annoying and I don't understand it.

You know what the difference is. Any conservative I know was just as proud to be an American when that “other guy” was commander  in chief. Yeah we didn't like who was in charge and were often embarrassed from time to time. But there has never been a moment in my lifetime when America wasn’t the greatest nation on earth no matter what party was at the helm.

But when a thread is started wishing everyone in this country a happy Independence Day, some lament how terrible we are as a nation because they hate one man so badly. You would think we could all be proud of this country and how awesome it is.