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Sympthsical

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16. The first part is not a totally unfair comment
Sat Jan 14, 2023, 05:01 AM
Jan 2023

That's why I said, I'm just not invested. I expect nothing. But hey, maybe there will be something! Sometimes, "I don't know" is the most valid answer, because I don't think any of us here do actually know either way. Everyone's just picking and choosing what commentators, tweeters, or cable news personality reflects their views/hopes/beliefs/cynicism and throwing them at the other side as if it's some kind of evidence.

My reply isn't a general attack on anyone. It's a specific reply to a specific OP by someone who has made many, many posts scolding people for not having the same strength of belief or faith as they possess. I was explaining the sentiment I am perceiving behind some of the hostility in response to these many, many posts that I have witnessed.

I'm not getting into which side is worse, because I'm not invested and I'm not about to run a post count for every Garland thread over the past two years. From my own subjective perch, it feels like both sides are giving as good as they get.

And I think most people just do not care. I feel like I'm just reading the same dozen or two names in most of the lengthy exchanges. While I sympathize more with the cynical side that nothing will be done - namely because I live in this country and have spent my entire adult life watching power never really being held accountable - I don't know that for a fact in this instance. As I said, could be happily surprised.

Rather than faith or belief, I'll just chill and wait for results.

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