(05-11-2022, 10:26 AM)TrivialPursuit Wrote:

(05-10-2022, 11:33 PM)mikesez Wrote: After you.

He says the truth as he sees it and everyone respects him for that.

You? I think you are naive or an attention seeker. You're definitely a contrarian - which I can get behind. I often play devil's advocate about things I don't care about.

FSG is witty, but he's no more or less truthful than me.  
I'm not seeking attention.
People say I'm naive when I tell them I don't care about or believe the latest ideological conspiracy theory they're pushing.
But I think a lot of y'all are naive when you tell me you don't think Trump was trying to be a dictator.
I think a lot of y'all are naive when you think that government can obtain victory in the ideological realm somehow, that at some future date the government will crush your ideological enemies, drive them before you, and you will hear the lamentation of their women.  And only after that happens do you think it will be possible to work on other problems.  Newsflash: a government that can punish their wrongthink, can also punish your wrongthink.  And what do elections look like, when certain views are banned? How will We the People have any role in addressing problems at all if there are no elections?
Maybe I'm paranoid, or maybe y'all are not being serious and I'm missing the sarcasm, but, no, I'm not naive.

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