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In reply to the discussion: DU should win a journalism award! Again the images of the shooter were posted hours before [View all]NoOneMan
(4,795 posts)Often, people pretend they understand the true motive of an individual they do not know, in order to explain why the individual's immediate actions are contradictory to the desired actions, thereby creating a false sense of security (and further reinforcing their love of that individual in the face of apparent disappointment).
Though, I must remark, if 3-Dimensional Political Chess did exist and was practiced, the people could really never fully trust any policy would ever ultimately be beneficial because even a liberal Democratic politician could be a cleverly disguised Koch-ian plant setting the stage for decades of disaster according to an infinitely complex plan that spanned hundreds of years. Its interesting how these chess-fans never do consider that real possibility of the cunning, ruthless, brilliant, omniscient chess player (who yes, probably doesn't really exist outside their noggins).