MARIS61
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Count me amongst them. I met Maris and his wife a couple of years ago. I took them out to a beautiful beach and we shared oysters afterwards. They were really good people, but I can't reconcile his online persona to his real life persona to this day. I honestly don't get it.
Good time, we both appreciated your wonderful hospitality, your knowledge/tour of the area, and look forward to returning the favor when you're in our neighborhood.

People often seem to "read between the lines" of my posts, and that's where the misinterpretation comes from I think.
Because there's nothing between the lines. I mean what I post and I don't imply, infer, or hint that I mean something more extreme or different than what I post.
When I post illegal aliens (a very specific term with a very specific meaning) they read "minorities" or "immigrants" which have very different, even opposite meanings.
To my knowledge I've never posted anything racist, homophobic, misogynistic...nor am I any of those things, yet I have been accused of them continually here, even by a mod. I don't hate anybody, and my family includes several races, immigrants, foreigners, handicapped, a variety of sexual orientations and yes, even women.
I like to post here on the OT because it's my only outlet to share political news and views with a variety of people. I stopped talking politics entirely with most friends, coworkers and on Facebook because few can keep things from getting personal and no views are worth losing friends over. I post mostly to hear opposing views and see perhaps some evidence disproving my view if it exists. Until a couple years ago, that's how people talked about and learned about politics. Now, few bring anything to the table other than insults and disinformation, or simply unsupported denials.
I've met around 25 posters from here and you all seem like regular people in person, but a few political posters definitely come across differently (polar opposite in one case) in here when they post.
I guess that's the case with me.


