It goes without saying (of course, if it did, I wouldn’t be writing this) but….

The thoughts, opinions, ideas, stories, rants, meditations, songs, and information written anywhere on this this platform, all “Eric Folkerth” social media, Coffee on the Porch Community, and other online writing spaces controlled by me, are totally and completely my own, and do not reflect the views of any church, denomination, political party, elected official, close friend, relative, or anybody else you can think of.

They’re my thoughts and content, written as the human being that –first and foremost, and before anything else– I am.

Further, all aforementioned sites with content controlled by Eric Folkerth (WhenEFTalks, Coffee on the Porch, and all future sites with controlled by Eric Folkerth) are not a “free speech zones.“

Meaning: I do not approve all comments, or people; and reserve the right to limit any comments, or ban any profile for any reason.
Reasons for rejection include (but are not limited to): excessive spam; off-topic or commercial comments; harmful language to POCs, the LGBTQ community and others; inaccuracies; damaging theology; factual errors; blatant “whataboutisms;” new profiles from those who never participated and “dive bomb” single comments designed to stir dissention.

I also ban profiles that appear to be spammers or bots (based on a lack of publicly visible posts over time), or profiles who post harmful, factually inaccurate, or misleading content on their own sites.

I reserve the right to limit commenting on any specific post, or from any specific person; and, again,  I do ban at times. Those choices remain at my sole discretion, based on the best public information available to me.

My online spaces are my opinion and conversation zone, like my living room, and are by invitation. They absolutely can move across lines of theological, social, political views…but the decision of whether comments are respectful of the community is reserved by me.

You are free to create your own opinion zones, if you wish. That’s a part of what makes American online spaces great.

Nobody is censoring you in any of this….EF