Survey, Memorial Day
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you dish the ignorant stupid bullshite out all the time, you like to think you are "busting chops"....you just think you shouldn't get it in return because you are so arrogant.
Arrogant? I think you conflate intelligence with arrogance. Understandable. (To you, spewing a doctrine of hate probably does not seem ignorant and stupid. It is the epitome of those terms)
Memorial Day ,though, isn't the right day to do that, I think.
Fair enough.
A friend of mine was in Special Forces - his best friend on the team, on a successful mission, was killed - he carried his friend back out and back to the pickup point, to the helo that picked them up.
That is what Memorial Day is about.... sadly, it's honoring all the Soldiers who lost their lives in military service to our country over all our years.
Very Good.
Arrogant? I think you conflate intelligence with arrogance. Understandable. (To you, spewing a doctrine of hate probably does not seem ignorant and stupid. It is the epitome of those terms)
You're rightsies, Glipsies. It IS understandable - your behavior warrants the term "arrogance", and you seem to be a little bit intelligent outside of that. You have no idea what seems and not seems to other people.
See, THAT is your arrogance problem, methinks.. Napoleon much?

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Arrogant? I think you conflate intelligence with arrogance. Understandable. (To you, spewing a doctrine of hate probably does not seem ignorant and stupid. It is the epitome of those terms)
You're rightsies, Glipsies. It IS understandable - your behavior warrants the term "arrogance", and you seem to be a little bit intelligent outside of that. You have no idea what seems and not seems to other people.
See, THAT is your arrogance problem, methinks.. Napoleon much?

You're rightsies, Glipsies. It IS understandable - your behavior warrants the term "arrogance", and you seem to be a little bit intelligent outside of that. You have no idea what seems and not seems to other people.
See, THAT is your arrogance problem, methinks.. Napoleon much?
Smart people always seem arrogant to dumb people. Case in point.
Open minded people always seem arrogant to closed minded people.
Understanding people always seem arrogant to hateful people.
So..if being smart, open minded and understanding seems to you to be arrogant, wonderful. I will wear it as a badge of honor. Keep it coming.
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it's smarter to be humble, "open-minded" often seems to lend itself to "unprincipled" and "oops my brains fell out and now I feel stupid"..
understand enough to see any of yourself in that?
“A wise man apportions his belief to the evidence.” Keep your brains tucked safely inside your skulls. Be open but not gullible. And remember, it is better to think than to believe."
T.H. Huxley
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it's smarter to be humble, "open-minded" often seems to lend itself to "unprincipled" and "oops my brains fell out and now I feel stupid"..
understand enough to see any of yourself in that?
“A wise man apportions his belief to the evidence.” Keep your brains tucked safely inside your skulls. Be open but not gullible. And remember, it is better to think than to believe."
T.H. Huxley
it's smarter to be humble, "open-minded" often seems to lend itself to "unprincipled" and "oops my brains fell out and now I feel stupid"..
understand enough to see any of yourself in that?
“A wise man apportions his belief to the evidence.” Keep your brains tucked safely inside your skulls. Be open but not gullible. And remember, it is better to think than to believe."
T.H. Huxley
"Unprincipled" being used to mean: does not conform to my personal dogma.
And Huxley makes sense...ergo, why are you quoting it? It sounds contrary to what you espouse.
And...is TH Huxley related to Aldous Huxley? He of science fiction writing fame?
Perhaps you should take note of the words of another science fiction writer:
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
Isaac Asimov
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So....if we are quoting Huxley and Aasimov, may as well go Orwellian as well:

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And, bringing it back to the Memorial Day theme:

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Furthermore, the NFL is showing little common principle, too:

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Aren't you the guy who runs to moderators when your snowflake feelings get so, so hurt calfox?
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