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This sounds like a "No."
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But as to why I'd cite this story, here? This story upsets the narrative here. Any fact that challenges a narrative, any fact that contradicts any person's belief, should be shown to that person. That's the essence of a thinking public: Holding no story too dearly... always being upon to taking a 180 on anything you've heard, and almost any value you hold. If I had a dream, it would be for people to believe in next to nothing, and always be open to suggestion. How much more interesting of a world would that be?
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Here's the problem. You sometimes
actually sound like you want to talk substance. But even then you approach it like you're the outsider taking on groupthink. Why not just bring it up and talk about it? Everyone here
wants to talk substance. No one here thinks you have a unique outsider's perspective. If you have an opinion, share it. But stop with this stupid "I'm taking on the narrative" bullshit whenever anyone disagrees with you. The fact that many people think something you said is ridiculous is not evidence of an echo chamber. It's evidence you've said something ridiculous.
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Believe nothing. Stop taking a side. Stop falling right into Trump's, and the larger political machine's, playbook. Stop deifying people, and getting behind politicians. The system is broken.
Assume it's all worth nothing but extreme skepticism. And try to work across the aisle. Become post-party.
Be an angry moderate. It's not a solution, but it's an essential starting point for any useful one.
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Again, I'm not picking the Democrat side because I feel like I'm a member of their tribe. When I take a stance on an issue, it's because I've thought about that issue. And every single issue I've thought about that Trump has taken any sort of position on, I've fallen on the opposite side. You see that and think I will buy whatever Democrats sell. That ain't it. I am against the Republican Party (and especially Trump's brand) on every single substantive issue. So, when I shit all over it, that doesn't mean I'm a Pelosi warrior. It means the Republicans are almost always wrong.
I don't care who the President is. If
anyone were in office and there were the number of connections to the Russians and the unwillingness to
ever take a stance against or even criticize Putin, I would want that shit to be investigated thoroughly and independently. The fact that you keep asserting that there's nothing there makes no logical sense. If there is nothing there, there should be no fight against a thorough investigation. There wouldn't be constant obfuscation and distraction. Nunes' actions alone make absolutely no fucking sense. And if you think this accusation against Rice is anything more than obfuscation and distraction (and you just said above there is zero evidence of anything nefarious), you're nuts.
If Trump could express one thought in a way that made me think he understood fucking
anything, I wouldn't consider him to be a complete clown. If he could control himself when being criticized and not act like a child, I wouldn't call him a child. If he expressed the ability to empathize with anyone who isn't a billionaire, I wouldn't think he was a complete piece of shit. These aren't Democratic positions. They are natural reactions to what my eyes see.
So drop the echo chamber, tribal, garbage. It's stupid. And although you say a lot of stupid shit, I don't think you're stupid. If you disagree with something, say so and support it. But enough with the caricature bullshit already.
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