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Middle ground
Here may be one problem: you seem to imply that you hold the middle ground and those who disagree with you are leaning towards one or the other extreme. I don't agree with that and will continue to say so.
Your extreme reductionist approach to the issue, as I have said, has plusses and minuses. I don't know why you bring up free speech all the time since NO ONE has implied you should not post or how you should post. Let me assure you that if we wanted to censor you, we could. Instead we have welcomed you and your response has been less than polite at times. That is your right but may not make the best impression. I also would suggest that your reductionist approach, with its plusses and minuses, will not limit the free speech of others who want to discuss wider issues. When you post here you are not in charge of the direction of the discussion. I have seen each of your posts as ignoring some major points. You deny the validity of discussing those major points. I deny the validity of ignoring them. Fine. We both have that right.
When I commented in your Middle Ages weather post (which, I can point out, was during a warm period...something we are starting to get beyond thanks to our addition to whatever natural cycle is going on) was not even directed towards you or what you were saying. It was directed at someone else who answered for herself regarding something she said. I submit that you can let her speak for herself and allow her to have side discussions with others within your diaries without your claiming it is too off topic.
So, I intend to continue bringing up wider issues and providing an alternative to your fatalistic (yes, I can use that term even if you prefer realistic) views. That is the nature of this forum. You can continue posting your reductionist/fatalistic views, (which, as I have ALREADY said have considerable value for discussion) and I will continue to respond as I see fit. Perhaps if you got to know this site a bit better you would see that the evolution of discussions is almost as interesting as the initial discussions themselves. And that disagreement does not in anyway imply a violation of your free speech.
Onward into debate!