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In reply to the discussion: Listening to the GOPers, they're all talking as if Farook's radicalization is like some alien curse [View all]MrScorpio
(73,693 posts)There really is no question that American society is pretty sick. Any answer about how sick we are depends really on who you ask. The hows and whys generally lack any kind of consensus, but based on perspectives, the conclusions are pretty much acceded to.
If you were to Google "Is America Sick?," you'd get a whole host of reasons and examples from one end of the political spectrum to the other. It's all out there, only if you wish to see it for yourself.
The key thing to remember here is that you have choices. But those choices are only limited to what you can see. If you refuse to expand the scope of what you see, you'll only have nothing more than what you know.
Your portion of our entire exchange here has been just that, where you're only debating from your own limitations. Instead of asking questions to at least expand your scope, you're just making declarative statements, most of which have been debunked by myself and others.
What you need to realize here is whether or not you're being persuasive in your arguments. If you find yourself in direct contradiction with everyone else, perhaps the problem isn't with everyone else.
When I asked you how old you were, rather than telling me in a direct way that you'd rather not, you had resorted to some rhetoric about maturity, you should know that such a thing isn't going to be viewed as very mature. Your response didn't achieve your desired effect, simply because mature people tend to avoid rhetorical gamesmanship.
If you didn't want tell me how old you are, just say so. That would have been a perfectly acceptable answer.
Again, my advice to you is that you should expand your base of knowledge. Also, it's best to not chime on things when it's clear that you're missing out on any of the nuance. Lastly, it's OK not know everything, it's quite tiresome when it looks as if you're the only one digging holes in a thread trying to prove your point that no one else is accepting.
Now, if you want to expand your base of knowledge, the folks here are usually eager to help you out.