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The Mental State of the Country

 
 
 
The most Mental State of the Country ... HAS to be Texas.
 
Don2 (Don1 Revised) said:
dismal said:
At this point I'm not convinced anyone does.

But it's not like this is a discussion forum where people might be expected to explain and defend their posts or something.
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I try not to make the point of my posts to "argue" and I realize that this doesn't always have the desired effect but it's my choice.

Getting back to the op...is there something in it you'd like to discuss?
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Yes, the thing about the OP I'd like to discuss is how my post proves it.
 
Angee Dixson joined Twitter on Aug. 8 and immediately began posting furiously — about 90 times a day. A self-described American Christian conservative, Dixson defended President Donald Trump’s response to the unrest in Charlottesville, criticized the removal of Confederate monuments and posted pictures purporting to show violence by left-wing counterprotesters.

“Dems and Media Continue to IGNORE BLM and Antifa Violence in Charlottesville,” she wrote above a picture of masked demonstrators labeled “DEMOCRAT TERROR.”

But Dixson appears to have been a fake, according to an analysis by Ben Nimmo and Donara Barojan of the Digital Forensic Research Lab at the Atlantic Council think tank. The account has been shut down. Dixson’s profile picture was stolen from a young Instagram celebrity (a German model rumored to have dated Leonardo DiCaprio). Dixson used a URL shortener that is a tell for the sort of computer program that automatically churns out high volumes of social media posts whose authorship is frequently disguised. And one of her tweets attacked Sen. John McCain for his alleged support of Ukrainian neo-Nazis, echoing language in tweets from Russian outlets RT and Sputnik.
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https://www.propublica.org/article/...up-the-right-wing-cause-after-charlottesville
 
dismal said:
Don2 (Don1 Revised) said:
I try not to make the point of my posts to "argue" and I realize that this doesn't always have the desired effect but it's my choice.

Getting back to the op...is there something in it you'd like to discuss?
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Yes, the thing about the OP I'd like to discuss is how my post proves it.
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Consider this. You're driving on some back road, maybe crossing the salt flats east of El paso headed for Carlsbad. You say, "What the fuck, there aren't any cops around so I'm going to let it rip." Seconds later you're cruising at 120mph, straight and flat, no problemo, and breaking the law every second.

It really felt good to do that, even though it was horribly wrong to do. Maybe you even let go of the steering wheel at 120 just to say you could.

That's all very cool but it doesn't advance the greater goal. All you've done is what feels good, you haven't considered what you're trying to accomplish with your actions, or the fact that they conflict with some greater societal good.

Hope that makes sense.
 
joedad said:
dismal said:
Yes, the thing about the OP I'd like to discuss is how my post proves it.
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Consider this. You're driving on some back road, maybe crossing the salt flats east of El paso headed for Carlsbad. You say, "What the fuck, there aren't any cops around so I'm going to let it rip." Seconds later you're cruising at 120mph, straight and flat, no problemo, and breaking the law every second.

It really felt good to do that, even though it was horribly wrong to do. Maybe you even let go of the steering wheel at 120 just to say you could.

That's all very cool but it doesn't advance the greater goal. All you've done is what feels good, you haven't considered what you're trying to accomplish with your actions, or the fact that they conflict with some greater societal good.

Hope that makes sense.
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Can you explain with plain English instead?
 
dismal said:
joedad said:
Consider this. You're driving on some back road, maybe crossing the salt flats east of El paso headed for Carlsbad. You say, "What the fuck, there aren't any cops around so I'm going to let it rip." Seconds later you're cruising at 120mph, straight and flat, no problemo, and breaking the law every second.

It really felt good to do that, even though it was horribly wrong to do. Maybe you even let go of the steering wheel at 120 just to say you could.

That's all very cool but it doesn't advance the greater goal. All you've done is what feels good, you haven't considered what you're trying to accomplish with your actions, or the fact that they conflict with some greater societal good.

Hope that makes sense.
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Can you explain with plain English instead?
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Can you explain what you don't understand?
 
dismal said:
joedad said:
Can you explain what you don't understand?
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So your theory is no one can explain why my post proved the OP because no one understands why my post proves the OP?

It's a reasonable theory. I certainly don't understand it.
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His 'theory' is that you are unable to explain your own comments... explain or remain disregarded.
 
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