(04-01-2023, 04:30 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(04-01-2023, 03:45 PM)mikesez Wrote: I think this perception that I'm disingenuous may be generational.
I was taught that if you can't explain something to a younger and less experienced person, you don't really know it.  Sometimes when we try to explain something we think we know, we realize there is a hole in our knowledge. I've experienced it many times.  If I ask you a question, and you suspect I already know most of the answer, it's because I'm trying to get you to realize that you don't really know what you think you know.  And I don't do it to brag.  Often the thing is unknowable, so I don't know it either.

It's your arrogance that assumes other people need you to enlighten them. You always place yourself in that role hence most people don't care for you. And when you claim something to be unknowable you place yourself as the final arbiter of knowledge, something that, again, is an expression of arrogance.

+1

Mike, if someone asks you a question just answer it. We're not your academic family trying to analyze you, we're just folks on a message board having conversation on a variety of topics. Just go with it and stop analyzing us. 

Marty, it's sad to me that you think most of us spend our time on here trying to browbeat those we don't agree with. The only time I'll confront someone is when they're talking absolute BS about something that is deeply personal to me and I will say what I need to say about it. Otherwise, I don't really care I'm just making conversation. I asked the question in the thread about where did our values come from and I said I wanted to understand better what folks why they say and believe the things they do. No ulterior motives, just curious. 

And for the love of God not everyone who is opinionated is a Trump supporter.

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