Originally Posted by JAPOV
Takes far too much energy to hate, Mike. Almost as much energy as arguing lol...

You both act like it's MY job to "spoon feed" YOU.

Truth is, I AM fat, dumb and LAZY! I've already been fed lol wink

Tell you what... Watch Tucker Carlson tonight. Then, we'll have something to debate.

Haha, agree about hate..

Re: "spoon feed" --no not your "job" --but if you want to convince anyone not already in the "club" you have to use the tools-of-the-trade, one of which is persuasive argument. I could say, "Bozo the Clown secretly rules the world" and then when you ask me to prove it, I could say, "it's not my job to spoon feed you" --see what I mean? If you have beliefs that run contrary to popular opinion, the only way that opinion gets changed is either by discourse, policy, or by force. What frightens me is it seems so many people would rather crusade/force others to "believe like them" rather than use persuasive argument.

LOL...Well, you may be fat, dumb, and lazy (I don't believe it), but I see a 'nice guy' in your current avatar.

When you say "watch Tucker Carlson tonight..." --it's the "tonight" that worries me. It worries me because you are telling me that it doesn't really matter what he says: whatever he might say will be the absolute way, truth, and light. This to me seems no different than faith based beliefs, and I reserve those to my personal beliefs concerning God.

Last edited by Michael Zaneski; 03/07/23 09:21 PM.
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