Comments by "Matthew Ingerson" (@matthewingerson) on "The Chris Hedges YouTube Channel" channel.

  1.  @christofthedead  Wait. You're telling me that the guy who (a)knew what was the correct thing to do, and (b)knew that if he did the correct thing that he could end up in in a very bad situation, and (c)he still did the correct thing anyway, despite the trouble he knew it could cause him? And you think he was doing it for clout? Sure thing, buddy. You might want to keep that kind of logic to yourself.
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  2. God Bless you and your family, and all those who have suffered under the evil of the Rs & Ds. And God help the Rs & Ds who have sold their souls to The Evil One.
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  3. You can, @mojrimibnharb4584 -- you CAN do it. You are NOT alone. We, the decent people are all here with you. You are NOT alone. Do NOT give up. You are loved by people who have never even met you, and WE need you. Don't EVER give up. You are welcome here. ✌🤟✊🙏
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  4. Vote for the RW-extremist Repubs, for the fast-road to fascism. Vote for the moderate-RW Dems, for the slower-road to fascism. The US is done. I just hope I live long enough to see it cease to exist.
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  5. We? I don't think so, bud. The rich created this. I'm not rich, don't want to be rich, and don't vote for the rich -- maybe you are and maybe you do, but I'm not and I don't. So start blaming the correct mad-people and stop speaking in maddening-hyperbole. Either way, leave me, and the blameless-millions like me, out of it.
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  6.  @mojrimibnharb4584  You're welcome, my fellow human. Taking a break is reasonable, and allowed. I hope your children know what a good, decent parent they have in you -- the depth of your love for them, and how much you worry about them. And I hope they know that your love and worry extends to all people who are suffering, and that is what makes you a good person. Again, you're welcome.
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  7. We? I don't think so, James. The rich created this. I'm not rich, don't want to be rich, and don't vote for the rich -- maybe you are & maybe you do, but I'm not & I don't. I'm among those who've been made sad BY the rich. So start blaming the correct people & stop speaking in hyperbole. Either way, leave me, & the blameless-millions like me, out of it.
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  8.  @reeceh78  Hedges has spent time in war zones, whereas Stanley has not. They don't have the same background or experiences, and, thus, they do not have the same output, neither in writing nor speaking. However, both are valuable.
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  9. Addiction. Addiction to money & materialism; to possessions & property; to individualism & selfishness; to consumerism & clout...
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  10. It's not "Nater" -- it's "Nader". See if that makes a difference.
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  11. I can't be sure, and I'd love to hear Ralph's response, but I think he might be referring to the fact that Putin wants to GO BACK to the times of Lwing-authoritarianism as opposed to the Rwing-authoritarianism that he rules under today. I could be wrong about Ralph's (and Putin's) position(s), but I think Ralph is smart enough to know that Russia isn't Communist any longer. If anything, Russia is an economically-authoritarian, corporatist/fascist nation, just like the US. And both nations are also socially-authoritarian.
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  12. Imagine thinking that someone who ended up in near-solitary confinement for a decade, and knew beforehand that doing the correct thing could mean enduring such torture, was doing it for clout. That kind of thinking is the brain of someone with no sense of character, integrity, or principles -- that's the brain of @christofthedead  💩🧠
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  13. FFS, I don't mean to be discouraging, but do you know what a "search engine" is, and don't you know how to use them? How can you be a unique individual if you're incapable of learning? You don't feel like you're missing something? I'm always suspicious of such blatant ignorance. 🙄 I know that might seem discouraging, but don't let yourself be. Instead, be encouraged to try harder to be better.
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  14. "The corrupt wealthy-class & their co-opting, confounding, & convoluting 'wokeness' is how they kill class-politics to maintain their corrupt RW-politics & empower their empire over the working-class." Should've let me write the title.
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  15. It's not strange at all -- the inherent greed, corruption, violence, & exceptionalism of RW-politics has deep-roots in ALL of the indecent knaves of the wealthy-class, and MANY of the indecent dupes in the working-class, of ALL religions. THAT is the opposite of strange -- it is ENTIRELY normal & predictable for RW-politics. And RW-politics do NOT have deep-roots in decent working-class people. The video title makes me wonder who is in charge of writing them. Peter is a RWer, whether he has the brains&balls to admit it or not, no matter how he tries to verbally-cleanse himself of the filth he has supported for decades.
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  16. Really? It makes you sad? All the problems in the world are perpetrated & perpetuated by (a)the corrupt, wealthy-class knaves with their corrupt RW-politics, and (b)the working-class dupes who support the corrupt wealthy-class & their corrupt RW-politics. The corrupt wealthy-class uses social-politics as a way to distract working-class people from the equally important realm of economic-politics. As long as the corrupt wealthy-class & their corrupt RW-politics are allowed to exist & persist, that same corrupt wealthy-class will continue to try to divide working-class people with social-politics like race, sex, gender, religion, and more. Because the wealthy-class knows that as long as working-class dupes are fighting with each other over social-politics (race, sex, gender, religion, and more), then the working-class will be too distracted to stop the wealthy-class from enslaving the working-class people via economic-politics. Vote RW-extremist Repubs, for the fast-open-road from Capitalist-enslavement to Fascist-enslavement. Vote for the moderate-RW Dems, for the slower, disguised-road from Capitalist-enslavement to Fascist-enslavement. BOTH parties are bought, owned, bribed, & controlled by the corrupt wealthy-class & their corrupt RW-politics. And working-class dupes continue to vote for them BOTH. The US is FILLED with working-class dupes who (a)are incapable of comprehending their own humanity (let alone the humanity of working-class strangers), and (b)continue to vote for RW-extremist Repubs, moderate-RW Dems, and inviable third-parties. This corruption of economic-politics has likely been going on since the invention of currency, and it's been a staple of the US since Europeans stole the land and committed a gen-o-cider against the rightful owners. This corruption has LITERALLY been going on your entire life -- it's time to get over being stupefyingly-sad and move it along to being righteously-mad.
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  17. Antinatalism: for humans who truly value consent.
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  18. Don't despair, @bboldt2 -- It's okay to cry. Just because you cry, that doesn't mean you are not strong. I consider tears to be a sign of strength -- it takes strength to care for others -- and your tears express the depth & strength of your caring. So, do not shun the tears. Welcome the tears as proof of your humble humanity. Instead, be wary of those who do not cry. Because the absence of their tears is a sign of the absence of their humanity, which has been either (a)taken from them against their Free-Will (these people are victims), or (b)given away of their own Free Will (these people are suspects). The suspect-people who don't cry, who have given away their humanity, and who take humanity away from others, should be exposed & rehabilitated. The victimized-people who don't cry, who have had their humanity taken from them, should be welcomed & rehabilitated. But they will also need rehabilitation of a different kind than the suspect-people. Don't you dare let the suspect-people take away your humanity, @bboldt2, and don't you dare give it away of your own Free-Will. You keep on caring for others, and let those tears flow. You are welcome here. ✌🤟✊🙏
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  19. This shortened-video is composed of clips taken from a longer-livestream. If you can't/don't comprehend that, then feel free to ask more questions -- I'll do my best to explain it to you. But there aren't any "glitches" and there is nothing "weird" about it.
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  20. Everyone does it in their own time, at different paces. These "breakthroughs" or "epiphanies" happen at various points, in different stages. Don't let yourself be derailed by plateaus or valleys. There will still be bad days, but better days are ahead. Look forward to the part of the journey when you find that you're no longer feeling negatively about yourself, but, instead, you're feeling righteously-angry at the people who (a)fashioned a system that facilitated your traumas, and (b)are continuing to fashion that system which is afflicting other people with traumas, as much as, and worse than, they afflicted you. Be well. :)
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  21. I can't be sure, and I'd love to hear Ralph's response, but I think he might be referring to the fact that Putin wants to GO BACK to the times of Lwing-authoritarianism as opposed to the Rwing-authoritarianism that he rules under today. I could be wrong about Ralph's (and Putin's) position(s), but I think Ralph is smart enough to know that Russia isn't Communist any longer. If anything, Russia is an economically-authoritarian, corporatist/fascist nation, just like the US. And both nations are also socially-authoritarian.
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  22. Don't despair, @Kyuslydian -- It's okay to cry. Just because you cry, that doesn't mean you are not strong. I consider tears to be a sign of strength -- it takes strength to care for others -- and your tears express the depth & strength of your caring. So, do not shun the tears. Welcome the tears as proof of your humble humanity. Instead, be wary of those who do not cry. Because the absence of their tears is a sign of the absence of their humanity, which has been either (a)taken from them against their Free-Will (these people are victims), or (b)given away of their own Free Will (these people are suspects). The suspect-people who don't cry, who have given away their humanity, and who take humanity away from others, should be exposed & rehabilitated. The victimized-people who don't cry, who have had their humanity taken from them, should be welcomed & rehabilitated. But they will also need rehabilitation of a different kind than the suspect-people. Don't you dare let the suspect-people take away your humanity, @Kyuslydian, and don't you dare give it away of your own Free-Will. You keep on caring for others, and let those tears flow. You are welcome here. ✌🤟✊🙏
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  23. WAY before Citizens United. The 1976 decision in the case of Buckley v. Valeo enabled the more-blatant corruption & co-opting of BOTH parties.
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  24. Ralph had nothing to do with that. Bush lost Florida, legally. But the SCOTUS Rwingers gave Bush the election, illegally. That was just another testament to the anti-democracy/pro-autocracy bent of the US that has existed since the country was established by European Rwingers.
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  25. Do a better job of testing & vetting the A/V equipment of your guests before you interview them. Her microphone is terrible, and this information is far too important to let preventable A/V problems hamper the message. If you don't have someone capable of testing & vetting the A/V equipment of your guests, then HIRE SOMEONE WHO CAN! This is simple stuff. Don't be mediocre, like TRNN and other channels.
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  26. I don't know you, but I think I know why you're here listening: [1]you're a decent person, and [2]you care about other people. You're not degrading or discouraging (like the indecent & careless people), you're feeling degraded and discouraged. And it's okay to feel those things. Nothing will ever be perfect, but everything is going to be okay. You're here listening, not because you're perfect, but because you're a good person. Keep listening, and don't ever give up. We need you.
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  27. Well, well, well -- TennesseeJed -- look what the cat dragged in. I haven't seen you in a while -- last time was over on Democracy@Work. I haven't been reading the comments-sections as much as I used to. I hope you're doing well, my fellow livestock-brethren. 🙏
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  28. In all RW-politics.
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  29. Those are just some of the hallmarks of RW-politics. I presume it's as old as the invention of currency.
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  30. Ralph had nothing to do with that. Bush lost Florida, legally. But the SCOTUS Rwingers gave Bush the election, illegally. That was just another testament to the anti-democracy/pro-autocracy bent of the US that has existed since the country was established by European Rwingers.
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  31. That statement is as ignorant as people who ride motorcycles.
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  32. There's Mary, proudly announcing the contents of her cranium again. 🤣 🙄
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  33. There are good and bad people within all religions, just like there are good and bad non-religious people. But there are no good monarchists, feudalists, capitalists, corporatists, or fascists. The problem isn't religious -- it's the corrupt people who perpetuate the inherent-corruption of RW-political-systems.
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  34. Peter is a conservative-RWer who is trying to conserve the inherent corruption of RW-politics, whether he has the brains&balls to admit it or not, no matter how hard he tries to verbally-cleanse himself of the RW-political-stench that he has wallowed in, supported, and tried to conserve for decades. The video title makes me wonder who is in charge of writing them.
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  35. Under RW-politics, only the corrupt, wealthy-class parasites, and their duped, working-class followers, have hearts. All the rest of the working-class is livestock chattel.
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  36. Anyone not advocating for a decrease in GDPs and Consumption is just a RWer, whether they realize they are or not. The Green Party is NOT advocating for a decrease in decrease in GDPs and Consumption, because it's a RW-shill operation. The Green party is just like the Libertarian Party, the Tea Party, and the Freedom Caucus. They are ALL bought, owned, bribed, & controlled by the corrupt, wealthy-class authoritarians & their corrupt RW-politics. Just like the RW-extremist Repub party and the moderate-RW Dem party. Working-class people need to stop voting for, and stop striving to be like, wealthy-RWers.
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  37. RWers, like @Amiante, don't care about the environment. They care about their own material-possessions, vacation-trips, & easy standard of living. Most people are RWers, whether they're smart enough to comprehend it or not. You can tell that @Amiante is a RWer, based on their question. The Green Party is NOT fighting FOR corporate hegemony -- that is NOT what the wealthy-class has designed the Green Party to do. The Green Party is PRETENDING to fight AGAINST corporate hegemony -- that is what the wealthy-class has designed the Green Party to do. RWers control the Green Party, and all of the other political-parties in the US, and most of the world.
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  38. ​@ameliaameliaworks3678 You're welcome. :)
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  39. I can't be sure, and I'd love to hear Ralph's response, but I think he might be referring to the fact that Putin wants to GO BACK to the times of Lwing-authoritarianism as opposed to the Rwing-authoritarianism that he rules under today. I could be wrong about Ralph's (and Putin's) position(s), but I think Ralph is smart enough to know that Russia isn't Communist any longer. If anything, Russia is an economically-authoritarian, corporatist/fascist nation, just like the US. And both nations are also socially-authoritarian.
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  40. Some slaves are too ignorant to comprehend their own enslavement, and some slaves are smart enough to know that they have it better then the other slaves. Both groups are used by their enlavers to perpetuate their own enslavement.
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  41.  @pseudo_ra  Having Jimmy Dore on the show, along with the RW-conservative from last week, doesn't seem very "authentic" to me -- especially without pushing back on their nonsense. I love Hedges, but he could just as easily flip-flop into a RW-apologist, like so many other "leftists" have done for the sake of money. That's why I "subscribe" to policies over people.
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  42.  @itsirrelevant4565  Hey, thanks for the acknowledgment. I actually stopped listening to Jimmy Dore when he went after Ana Kasparian for wearing a skirt that was so short that she flashed everyone at work -- which caused me to also lose respect for Ana. Subsequently, that whole drama-fest was about the same time that Ana started to pedal the same RW-apologia as Jimmy. Apparently, allegedly, Ana was assaulted in public, and that traumatic-event seems to have broken her brain so that she now believes that caging(TORTURING) troubled working-class people, for the profits of the wealthy-class, is the solution to all of the RW-induced problems in society. And I can't take someone seriously if they think that more corrupt RW-politics (like caging/torturing humans for profits) are the solutions to the societal-problems that are caused by the corrupt wealthy-class & their corrupt RW-politics. More RW-politics are NOT the solutions to the societal-problems that are caused by RW-politics. IMHO, Jimmy & Ana are just a couple of working-class dupes who are trying to make it into the corrupt wealthy-class by latching onto the anti-working-class & pro-wealthy-class teats of corruption RW-politics. Again, that's IMHO, of course. Again, thank you for the acknowledgement. And sorry for the rant -- I know not everyone knows who Ana Kasparian is, and I know that not everyone agrees with me if they do know her.
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  43. All of the biggest problems in the world, and most of the smaller problems, are cause by [a]the indecent, wealthy-class authoritarians & their corrupt RW-politics, and by [b]the indecent, working-class dupes who support the indecent, wealthy-class authoritarians & their corrupt RW-politics. I agree with @rmleighton's sentiments.
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  44. He wouldn't be shocked -- he'd be impressed, just like the rest of the corrupt-RWers.
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  45. ​ @logicallydashing  Your expectation that the oppressed-descendants of oppressed-ancestors -- who are experiencing new-oppression in the present, while still experiencing the ripple-effects of the old-oppression from the past -- should have a "reasonable reaction" to your privileged-ignorance in regards to the oppression they face, would be blissfully-adorable if your privileged-ignorance wasn't partially-responsible for the continued-oppression that is experienced by the oppressed-descendants who hurt your feefees. But your "privileged-ignorance" is NOT blissfully-adorable -- quite the opposite. Your privileged-ignorance is abhorrently-deplorable. The deplorably-abhorrent effects of past-oppression when coupled with the present privileged-ignorance of those who aren't oppressed, is how the new-oppression is able to persist. The oppressed-descendants of the present aren't so much mad at your privileged-ignorance as they are at the new-oppression in the present. If you're not smart enough to fully-understand it, then you must AT LEAST have the partial-understanding the that old-oppression from the past still effects the oppressed-descendants, and that those oppressed-descendants are experiencing new-oppression, in the present. And if you can't/don't/won't understand it, then maybe just STFU while other, better, smarter, & decent working-class people try to remedy the ripple-effects of the old-oppression from the past, while trying to bring an end to the new-oppression in the present. I long for the days when ignorant people were still smart enough to STFU.
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  46. You haven't been "blindsided by woke-ideology" -- you've been shown a mirror, exposing and making you aware of the DEPTHS of your privileged-ignorance. And when you were confronted with the depth of your privileged-ignorance, you, and the buoyancy of your ego, sank like a canoe in a hurricane.
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  47.  @logicallydashing  Why would I waste any more of my time trying to educate you? Your original-comment, coupled with the moronic videos on your YT channel, are all the evidence needed to prove that you're unable and/or unwilling to commit to any meaningful pursuit of learning. Maybe it's time for you to do more ready-reading, and less talkie-talking & typie-typing, and play fewer gamie-games.
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  48.  @clayoreilly4553  The ignorant&lazy bipedal-animals, who cause the suffering of quadrupedal-animals by sitting on their backs, are the same ones who cause the suffering of humanity by riding upon its back. If anti-intellectualism looks good to you from up there, then it's time to get off your high-horse.
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  49.  @clayoreilly4553  With a name like "Clay", you may want to be a bit more apprehensive about, putting on public-display, your muddy-brain. You're proving just how good anti-intellectualism looks from up there on that high-horse. It's gross -- you're gross.
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  50.  @clayoreilly4553  YouTube won't allow me to refer to you as "d*ns*" even though you referred to Hedges & Nader as such. Anti-intellectualism isn't only worshiped by sl @ves like you, it is endorsed by your masters -- all gross.
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  51.  @Keli-z5z  Don't despair -- It's okay to cry. Just because you cry, that doesn't mean you are not strong. I consider tears to be a sign of strength -- it takes strength to care for others -- and your tears express the depth & strength of your caring. So, do not shun the tears. Welcome the tears as proof of your humble humanity. Instead, be wary of those who do not cry. Because the absence of their tears is a sign of the absence of their humanity, which has been either (a)taken from them against their Free-Will (these people are victims), or (b)given away of their own Free Will (these people are suspects). The suspect-people who don't cry, who have given away their humanity, and who take humanity away from others, should be exposed & rehabilitated. The victimized-people who don't cry, who have had their humanity taken from them, should be welcomed & rehabilitated. But they will also need rehabilitation of a different kind than the suspect-people. Don't you dare let the suspect-people take away your humanity, Keli, and don't you dare give it away of your own Free-Will. You keep on caring for others, and let those tears flow. You are welcome here. ✌🤟✊🙏
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  52. @ No worries, sir. :)
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  53. There are good and bad people within all religions, just like there are good and bad non-religious people. But there are no good monarchists, feudalists, capitalists, corporatists, or fascists. The problem isn't religious -- it's the corrupt people who perpetuate the inherent-corruption of RW-political-systems.
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  54. He already knows -- all the rich people know. They. Do. Not. Care. The thing that is really illuminating, and sad, is that you think he/they don't already know, or that seeing this would educate them or compel them to care.
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  55. There are good & bad people in all religions, just like there are good & bad non-religious people. But there are no good monarchists, feudalists, capitalists, corporatists, or fascists. The problem isn't religious -- it's the greedy, selfish, & corrupt people who perpetuate the inherent greed, selfishness, & corruption of RW-political-systems.
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  56. 1917-1920: First Red Scared. 1947-1957: Secon Red Scare 1976: SCOTUS decision in Buckley v. Valeo 1978: SCOTUS decision in First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti There's more that we're both missing, but at least we're reading the same book! :)
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  57. That's all RW-political-systems: the politics of money & power. Monarchism, feudalism, mercantilism, republicanism, corporatism, and fascism are all RW-systems with the same hierarchical-structures as capitalism: a small group of lazy rich people controlling a large group of laborious working people (just like sl@ very). I agree with your sentiment, but it's not only capitalism.
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  58. Yup. It's not strange at all -- the inherent greed, corruption, violence, & exceptionalism of RW-politics has deep-roots in ALL of the indecent knaves of the wealthy-class, and MANY of the indecent dupes in the working-class, of ALL religions. THAT is the opposite of strange -- it is ENTIRELY normal & predictable for RW-politics. And RW-politics do NOT have deep-roots in decent working-class people. Peter is a RWer, whether he has the brains&balls to admit it or not, no matter how hard he tries to verbally-cleanse himself of the RW-politics he has supported for decades. The video title makes me wonder who is in charge of writing them.
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  59. The "leaders" in the US are addicts from the wealthy-class, and they have turned most of the working-class into addicts, too. And, just like most addicts, they will NEVER willingly give up their addictions, just like the Confedrates&N@z!s didn't willingly give up their addictions. When they are done with the Palestinians, another group will be next.
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  60. Probably. There are all kinds of oxymorons.
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  61. The average working-class dupe in the US is too ignorant to comprehend, and too selfish to care about the atrocities they've aided & abetted, and the subsequent suffering they've caused.
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  62. The average dupe in Trumplandia does not care. This is what they voted for. Just like the dupes in Hitlerville did in the past.
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  63. Most of us, who grew up in countries that were free of war WITHIN our countries, can recall, at least, some of the ways&things we thought while we were growing up. Now, imagine your childhood, and how differently you would think&grow, if you grew up thinking about how you were eventually going to be forced to join a military, and perhaps murder & die before you even reached the age of full cognitive-development. These people are sick, and it's all because of the corrupt wealthy-class & their corrupt RW-politics.
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  64. Chris Whalen is another RWer-DEI-hire. I wouldn't even let him flip my burgers or pick up my garbage, let alone do my taxes. 🤣 🙄
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  65. There are good and bad people within all religions, just like there are good and bad non-religious people. But there are no good monarchists, feudalists, capitalists, corporatists, or fascists. The problem isn't religious -- it's the corrupt people who perpetuate the inherent-corruption of RW-political-systems. I agree with your sentiment -- Mammon is alive and well in such people.
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  66. *...Against the corrupt wealthy-class & their corrupt RW-politics.
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  67. @ You're welcome, friend. ✌🤟✊🙏
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  68. There are good and bad people within all religions. There are no good monarchists, feudalists, capitalists, corporatists, or fascists. The problem isn't religious people -- it's people who perpetuate RW-economic-systems.
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  69. Stop voting for RWers. RW-extremist Repub & moderate-RW Dems have enabled this, and allowed it to continue.
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  70. It's even worse than you've described. They are using your information to come up with ways to shape your thoughts and propel your actions. But that's always been the goal of the corrupt wealthy-class with their corrupt RW-politics. https://youtu.be/GZ5XN_mJE8Y
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  71. As soon as rich people figure out how to monopolize the market, they'll make it legal, in the worst, most destructive ways possible.
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  72. There are good and bad people within all religions. There are no good monarchists, feudalists, capitalists, corporatists, or fascists. The problem isn't religious people -- it's the corrupt people who perpetuate the RW-political-systems that are inherently-corrupt.
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  73. There are good and bad people within all religions, just like there are good and bad non-religious people. But there are no good monarchists, feudalists, capitalists, corporatists, or fascists. The problem isn't religious -- it's the corrupt people who perpetuate the inherent-corruption of RW-political-systems.
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  74. All RW-political-systems are just slavery with different names. The RW-systems of Monarchism, Feudalism, Capitalism, Republicanism, Corporatism, Cronyism, Oligarchy, and Fascism are ALL systems of enslavement. Down with the corrupt wealthy-class & their corrupt RW-politics.
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  75. Some(MANY) working-class people are incapable of being woke -- they are too ignorant to comprehend the multi-faceted, multi-layered oppression that the corrupt wealthy-class has imposed, with their corrupt RW-politics, upon the working-class. In fact, some(MOST) working-class people in the US are so ignorant, they continuously vote for the two RW-political-parties that are bought, owned, bribed, & controlled by the corrupt wealthy-class & their corrupt RW-politics. In the US, the working-class is so ignorant, they vote for the oppression of others, while also voting for the oppression of themselves. And THAT is exactly what the corrupt wealthy-class has designed working-class dupes to do.
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  76. Now, if only you could/would explain how neoliberalism is a RW-economic system of politics. RW-politics are anti-working-class politics and pro-wealthy-class politics. RW-politics are anti-democratarian politics and pro-authoritarian politics. Neoliberalism enables disproportionate benefits for the populace-minority of the wealthy-class. Neoliberalism causes disproportionate detriments to the populace-majority of the working-class. Neoliberalism AND Noconservatism are BOTH RW-economic system of politics -- they are BOTH trying to conserve (a)the power & property of the corrupt wealthy-class & (b)their corrupt RW-politics.
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  77.  @neilpace  Stop trying to make everything a competition. Michael didn't RANK Hedges and West, Michael merely LISTED their names. When making a list, something or someone always has to go first and last. This is a Hedges video, so Hedges was LISTED first. Don't be so obtuse -- just because you can think of something to say, that doesn't make valuable the thing you have to say.
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  78. @neilpace It's obvious why you can't help yourself -- you're obtuse. You told the comment-writer to not do something that they DIDN'T EVEN DO. That's not "leaving little messages all over the place" -- that's showing off your own obtuseness like it's badge of honor. So I pointed out your obtuseness. Don't be so obtuse -- just because you can think of something to say, that doesn't make valuable the thing you have to say. Disclaimer to anyone else reading our exchanges: I just checked out Neil's profile, and I don't think Neil has the capacity nor capability to comprehend [a]his own ignorance, nor [b]the point I'm trying to make. I'll not be pursuing the endeavor to educate Neil any further. This isn't a medium in which Neil can learn even the most basic concepts.
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  79. Well thought & written. Ain't no war but the class-war that is being waged against the working-class by the indecent, wealthy-class authoritarians and their corrupt RW-politics.
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  80. Chris Whalen is another RWer-DEI-hire. I wouldn't even let him flip my burgers or pick up my garbage, let alone do my taxes. 🤣 🙄
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  81. That's foolish at best and knavish at worst. @KennethTRocher is correct about Buchanan, and Paul would have turned the US into a "Libertarian" autocracy. If you really think so highly of the immoral-theocrat Buchanan and the vile-autocrat Paul, then you're probably thrilled because DJT is both. And whether you're a fool or a knave, neither is anything of which to be proud.
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  82. That's foolish at best and knavish at worst. @KennethTRocher is correct about Buchanan, and Paul would have turned the US into an autocracy. You must be thrilled, because DJT is doing both. Whether you're a fool or a knave, neither is anything of which to be proud.
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  83. There are good and bad people within all religions, just like there are good and bad non-religious people. But there are no good monarchists, feudalists, capitalists, corporatists, or fascists. The problem isn't religious -- it's the corrupt people who perpetuate the inherent-corruption of RW-political-systems.
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