Most political, economic, etc., issues have at least two sides to examine, and a person wishing to take an intelligent position will first examine all of them. That's what I thought I would be doing when I joined OPP a few months ago. We all know how naive I was.

But I'm an optimist too, so let me make a few suggestions that might make it harder for you to respond but will make your eventual response more meaningful.

1. Don't defend Trump by telling us how bad Biden is, and don't defend Biden by telling us how bad Trump was. Even if one were the devil incarnate that doesn't make the other an angel.

2. Remember that two wrongs don't make a right. And don't argue that they do. Hillary's emails don't equate to the 7 plus hours of missing white house phone records. One of these may be wrong and the other even worse.

3. Don't penalize the children for the sins of their parents (example: the attempts to justify the invasion of the Ukraine because there were Nazis there during WW II).

4. Don't call names. Aside from such conduct being juvenile, it is strong evidence that the name caller is simply frustrated by not having an intelligent rebuttal.

5. Call out posts that are racist, sexist, antisemitic or otherwise bigoted. African Americans range politically between AL Sharpton and Clarence Thomas, so you wouldn't say they are all Democrats; why then would you say that they were all some other (usually negative) thing or condition? Bigotry is simply illogical and should be discouraged from attempts at rational discussion.

Is anyone listening?

Most political, economic, etc., issues have at least two sides to examine, and a person wishing to take an intelligent position will first examine all of them. That's what I thought I would be doing when I joined OPP a few months ago. We all know how naive I was.

But I'm an optimist too, so let me make a few suggestions that might make it harder for you to respond but will make your eventual response more meaningful.

1. Don't defend Trump by telling us how bad Biden is, and don't defend Biden by telling us how bad Trump was. Even if one were the devil incarnate that doesn't make the other an angel.

2. Remember that two wrongs don't make a right. And don't argue that they do. Hillary's emails don't equate to the 7 plus hours of missing white house phone records. One of these may be wrong and the other even worse.

3. Don't penalize the children for the sins of their parents (example: the attempts to justify the invasion of the Ukraine because there were Nazis there during WW II).

4. Don't call names. Aside from such conduct being juvenile, it is strong evidence that the name caller is simply frustrated by not having an intelligent rebuttal.

5. Call out posts that are racist, sexist, antisemitic or otherwise bigoted. African Americans range politically between AL Sharpton and Clarence Thomas, so you wouldn't say they are all Democrats; why then would you say that they were all some other (usually negative) thing or condition? Bigotry is simply illogical and should be discouraged from attempts at rational discussion.

Is anyone listening?

Grandpa Rick, You're ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!! But, it's hard to imagine most people, or even many people, being willing or able to set aside their bigoted views. I hope and pray that many people will start being how you expected them to. Of course each person can only do it themselves, SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO BE CAREFUL BEFORE QNSWERING SOMEONE THAT I STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH! I HOPE & PRAY THAT MANY PEOPLE HERE ON OPP WILL LISTEN TO YOU,GRANDPA RICK, AND TRY TO CLEAN UP THEIR ACT! THANK YOU & GOD BLESS YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO EVERYONES ATTENTION!!