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(17,139 posts)Dumb is not one of them.
He says what he thinks which is rare. Everybody else tiptoes around many issues.
I don't always agree with him, but I'm glad he has the balls to say it. He makes some good points even in arguing the Martin case. They get thrown out in the uproar.
He has always called people out about their anti-gay attitudes.
He makes remarks antithetical to what people believe here. So immediately HE is personally attacked.
This is how it goes. The problem with someone's ideas aren't discussed. The person has to be sliced, diced, and deemed unworthy.
With the usual suspects such as Steve King or McConnell, that is a good default position. They have consistently made inane comments over years.
BTW Barkley was a great, not just good, but great basketball player. The list of players who were great and did not win a title does not have only his name on it.