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"Why did you write your post in English?"
cuz I'm tryin' to convince a hypocrite to not be a hypocrite (coulda been french, spanish, esperanto, or the idiosyncratic marks I use when I write for myself...I used english cuz I'm communicatin' with you, which, I see is a waste of my time).
As you were. |
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Radical Centrist
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"is that the limit of your tolerance for discussion?"
Do I strike you as particularly tolerant, of anyone, or anything, at any time?
Here's the thing, toad: all this... I don't vote because I believe that tribalism is by far our biggest current problem, and fighting it is more important than voting. Declaring myself outside of it by declaring myself a non-voter is a principled stand. Being on no side allows me to more fairly judge and criticize the excesses of all sides. I don't vote because I am not 100% certain of the best policies to govern us. I don't vote because I am not a great judge of character. I don't vote because I am an anti-authoritarian moderate and never find anyone that represents me. I don't vote because people generally vote by their personality type and I don't think we should be governed by anyone with my ridiculous personality type. I don't vote because I don't care to stay fully informed about politics in a world where our sense-making establishments are broken and desperate to reach audiences that demand only the affirmation of their own point of view. ...is poop. Again: you can't make a show of the glories of democracy and respresentative government and then opt out. Well, yeah, you can but that just makes you a hypocrite (not principled or thoughtful or insightful or an example to be followed). As you like. |
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