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Post by mikey on Mar 12, 2018 16:24:50 GMT -5
Okay, I'm good. High five Cass!
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Post by Amadan on Mar 13, 2018 10:31:07 GMT -5
Okay, mikey, here's my problem - I get that you're sick of ranting about Trump, who you see as no worse than Obama. Okay, fair enough, lots of people (most people here) disagree, but we can disagree.
What I see (and what maybe Cass sees too) is that your objections consist of nothing but "Eh, so what, they're all corrupt, nothing will change, it all sucks, why are you bothering to get worked up about this?"
In short, cynicism that goes all the way into nihilism. You're almost as bad as Don, except Don, in fairness, actually has ideas for how he'd like to fix the problem, as unrealistic as they may be.
(Yeah, Don, I still need to get back to you on your "Libertarian fantasy world" thread. I haven't forgotten, honest, just haven't set aside the time to sit down and give it the thinking it merits.)
Anyway, I understand cynicism. I understand rolling eyes at the latest round of Trump-related pearl-clutching. But... if your contributions are nothing but catcalls from the peanut gallery, tossing rotten fruit at anyone who admits to caring about an issue or thinking that something actually matters... it's kind of annoying, you know? It's not discussion, it's not debating, it's just sneering at people for being stupid enough to give a damn.
I knew this one guy on another forum who was always going on about how humanity was doomed, America was flushing itself down the toilet, and he was just gonna sit there and be entertained watching us all swirling the drain. It didn't matter whether the topic was war, elections, gun violence, drugs, disease, sexual harassment, political corruption, the economy, whatever... his contribution to every thread was laughing and snarky comments from the bleachers, as if he were some detached spectator unaffected by anything.
That guy was a really annoying asshole.
(I am not saying you're doing the same thing. But it is a similar attitude. Surely there is something you care about?)
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