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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Why must I have to stand for something here? I have a serious problem with these silly words. I don't like them from the left or the right.
I'm also kind of tired of dealing with people who are standing for things. I stand for this, he stands for that, she stands for this other thing. It's exhausting. Ever since Obama took office, everybody in this country has been on a pedestal about one thing or another. And since Trump has been in office... fuck it. We're a full on idiocracy. Whackos on the right screaming about how we need to take the country back. Whackos on the left "resisting" everything.
I see both sides of almost everything. I'd say I stand for compromise, but that's an oxymoron. I prefer compromise. I think it is wise.
I think putting Kavanaugh on SCOTUS is terrible for the Republic. But I'm not going to empathize with anyone about it. So fuck me, right? I'm not true resistance. I criticize left wing lingo. So fuck me again. I'm being mean on this dark day.
You're right - I don't stand for much. But I am rational. I think removing emotion from these discussions, from these arguments, allows for people to compromise, which is where we all ought to be. Is it so bad to desire clarity in language? I don't like silly words from the left any more than I like silly comments from the right. (I have about ten emails from screwballs saying Soros was behind Ford.) Enough. You're all fucking nuts. And there's no satisfying you, or engaging you. Disagreement becomes heresy... And this place is a microcosm of the whole country. A giant irrational flip out, an endless grievance carnival from the left and right, led by a lunatic and a Senate of clueless geriatrics.
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I never thought I'd know someone who could spend so much energy and passion asserting his ability and right to stand for nothing, while touting his lack of interest in empathy. Just Sebby bein' Sebby. Flyin' by the seat of his pants. Slave to none, master of all. Not the least bit completely and totally full of shit at all times.
Standing for something is not a political concept, by the way. One can take a stand in politics, but that doesn't mean standing for something necessarily involves being for the right or left.
TM
