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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 8344313, member: 26302"]I understand sir. Of course most of us know majority of coin shop politics, and most of us old timers here just from your posts understand your politics to an extent. I love having friends with all sorts of political views. I had the exact same issue in academia. My views are not very welcomed, which was made abundantly clear by others in my Doctoral cohort. However, I have thick skin and an abhorrence to groupthink so I made it through anyhow. It really is pretty sickening to see how much academia, supposedly a bastion of free thought, is basically the epitome of censorship today. Many really do feel they have a duty to "shout down" any opposing viewpoints.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, it goes both ways in life. People group together with like minded people and the human condition as it is, prefer to be with similar view. They must all be US coin shops. I actually find most world coin dealers would have most in common with your views sir, they are usually opposite of old time US coin dealers politically. Look at Bob Reis' website. He is what I expect politically of world coin dealers. I know many others like him, friends with all of them but we may respectfully disagree on some political issues at times.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 8344313, member: 26302"]I understand sir. Of course most of us know majority of coin shop politics, and most of us old timers here just from your posts understand your politics to an extent. I love having friends with all sorts of political views. I had the exact same issue in academia. My views are not very welcomed, which was made abundantly clear by others in my Doctoral cohort. However, I have thick skin and an abhorrence to groupthink so I made it through anyhow. It really is pretty sickening to see how much academia, supposedly a bastion of free thought, is basically the epitome of censorship today. Many really do feel they have a duty to "shout down" any opposing viewpoints. So, it goes both ways in life. People group together with like minded people and the human condition as it is, prefer to be with similar view. They must all be US coin shops. I actually find most world coin dealers would have most in common with your views sir, they are usually opposite of old time US coin dealers politically. Look at Bob Reis' website. He is what I expect politically of world coin dealers. I know many others like him, friends with all of them but we may respectfully disagree on some political issues at times.[/QUOTE]
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