(10-21-2020, 12:32 PM)JagNGeorgia Wrote:

(10-20-2020, 09:11 PM)mikesez Wrote: You don't know who I am.  You don't know who Marty is.  All you have is text. What makes you think Marty is honest about himself but I'm not?
If you give me the benefit of the doubt, that I am who I say I am, what remains to indicate bad faith?
Do you assume that if I was in good faith I would accept your arguments? That's not what good faith means.  Our perspectives might be too different for that.

Of course I don't know who you are outside of this board. That's why I'm speaking about the person you portray here. You admit you don't even show your real self here, so why would I give you the benefit of the doubt that you're who you say you are?

Jeez, mike, this is what I'm talking about. I just said why I think you argue in bad faith, but you misrepresented it and make it something else. C'mon, man.

You're overthinking this.
You say I misrepresent myself.
But you admit you have no idea who I really am.
So how can you know I misrepresent myself?
You can't.
Just let it go.  
Treat me like the others.
All I admitted to is trying to be more deliberate about which side of my personality I would show here. I used the word "real" in the sense of "real life as opposed to internet forums" not "real as opposed to fake."
You (and many others here) are like that bad girlfriend whose subconscious malice causes her to interpret everything I say in the worst possible light.
Then you get even more mad, subconscious malice becomes actual malice.
Just let it go, dude.
Don't interact with me until you've let go of your anger.

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