Reply #112: Your very first post! I am honored. Seriously. And it is a very deep, intelligent post...

[arendt]

Welcome to DU.

Your post appeals to me on so many levels:

1) it is very pragmatic, unemotional, rational logical. A breath of fresh air, a zen instant to stop and reflect.

2) It tells the truth about how this board fits into politics. That is a truth that rarely gets told. Not that anyone who isn't already aware of it will notice it this far down a day-old thread. But, I notice it; and I thank you.

There are a few things that bear further scrutiny.

1) I really doubt that what I say is analyzed by the politicos. My stuff is so fricking academic that it might as well be a thesis on Sanskrit deities. Come on, show me an average voter who can give a working definition of sophistry.

2) No matter what I do, other than completely shut up, my OP demonstrates that everything I say WILL BE taken out of context. So, by posting about meta-politics, i.e. sophistry, I try to avoid the trap you mention.

3) Yours is the third post directed to me that encourages me to "surrender to the inevitable". Here is about as far as my thinking has gotten in that direction. The only way I will surrender to the inevitable is if I am allowed to say, wear on my clothing, put in a sign on my lawn:

I think Hillary is the worst thing that could happen to America, except for the GOP candidate. The corporate rigged elections suck. And, I have no choice in the matter. My symbol in this stinking election is the clothes-pin on my nose.

Do you think the politicos could live with that kind of "support"? Because I will be damned if I will say anything but the truth.

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Anyway, thanks for the marvelous post. Please continue in the same veing. (You could do with a little spell checking, as the post seemed to have a few editing mistakes.)

arendt