After receiving an angry reply and getting blocked I want to send a plea to those reading my opinions.
* " They're only opinions. Open to be challenged and questioned.
If I say something that offends you ask me about it. Because I rarely make online statements when angered my remarks are 98% positive in nature. Not intended to cause harm. As someone who has had almost 7 decades of travel, many jobs in many different places, meeting many ppl of different ethnicities & social standing I feel qualified ( as many older ppl feel ) to offer advice.

Please don't get angry with this. It's not about you. Just because I'm offering another point of view doesn't mean I'm attacking you. Nor does it mean I'm correct.
Talk to me first. Ask me what I mean instead of telling me how horrid I was for saying something you thought I meant.

I love a good counter-argument. It's a great way to learn. That seems to me to be a huge problem today. Disagreeing makes you a target ( friendly jourdies is a strong case in point! To fire bomb his HOME!!) rather than move a discussion to a better solution.

That's it. Talk things thru rather than slamming a door on exit.