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This is his fourth act on the board. His first incarnation was as a "highly intelligent" and mouthy no-nothing. His second was as a "highly-intelligent" conventional-wisdom semi-liberal. Then he flirted with Conservatism in a "highly intelligent" manner. Now he's in the "highly intelligent" and insufferable bed-wetting Trump Derangement Syndrome phase.

I think this fantasy says more about your multiple transformations than my consistency for almost 20 years

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You have to be more intellectually and morally RIGOROUS

I'll settle for consistency and being correct a lot more often than I'm wrong.

I can't help that this audience has changed dramatically since 2016 (more 2020).

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. I recommend the Stoics

Already beat you there

A good quote for this digression:

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“No person has the power to have everything they want, but it is in their power not to want what they don't have, and to cheerfully put to good use what they do have

A good one that applicable to many on here and the fear porn they are addicted to:

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We suffer more in imagination than in reality

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Posted by Lsupimp

Ersatz Amerika-97.6% phony & fake

Member since Nov 2003

79488 posts

Posted on 4/7/24 at 7:00 pm to SlowFlowPro

You should have just said “ Yes , Sir” and called it a day. And unless you were reading Marcus Aurelius in 1985, you are late to the Stoic game. Let me be blunt;. You sir, are a dilettante. You dabble maniacally around every single edge, never really mastering anything and never learning the intended lesson. There is a difference between being glib and wise that you have not yet discovered.

Now you may return to the sweet sound of your own intoxicating voice , and I , a humble shepherd of little ambition, will return to my flock ( presently one Yorkie and an unnamed houseguest), sans self - serving quotation.

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