There's a faction of DU that seems to delight in pointing and laughing at those of us who believed. . .

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33. That's one loud sigh. I just be really thick.

You missed the point. You have not argued that your position is the default position that is unassailable without insider knowledge. I didn’t ignore it as you have demanded nothing of the sort to establish your position. We can speculate without our opinions being worthless and our ideas being the biggest enemies our party faces. If you want people to take account of your entire argument, try to be more coherent and less hyperbolic. There are experts all over the place on this and many issues. I for one like to see people to continue to discuss this and other matters even if the discussions are largely fruitless. I guess I might be missing the point in most of these posts. Perhaps we’re just arguing for our points like adversarial family members at a holiday dinner where the most important point is who wins. I was hoping it was more about getting closer to the truth. I’m mainly a proponent of dialing back the hidden personal attacks disguised as criticism. We don’t have to be enemies, let alone worst ones, if we disagree. Our opinions aren’t worthless even if incorrect. Big tent doesn’t make sense if we fill it full of small tents.
That being said, I liked your holiday humor posts, so I’m guessing we have common ground more places than we know.