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In reply to the discussion: I refuse to let cynicism make me bitter.. [View all]MineralMan
(146,281 posts)I'm skeptical about most things, unless they are well-supported by factual information. Cynicism is something different, I think. When I read something that makes me skeptical, I go investigate it its something important to me. I'm skeptical about broad general statements almost always. When someone says something like "Democrats agree that Obama is a terrible President," for example, I'm skeptical. I'm a Democrat, and I don't think he is a terrible President, so the statement is negated. The word "Some" would make it an accurate statement, though, because some Democrats thing almost anything you can imagine. Without qualifiers, most statements make me skeptical.
Similarly, when people say "Bernie Sanders can win the presidential election, but Clinton will lose if she is nominated." I'm skeptical. I've watched many presidential elections, and I can see no evidence that such a statement is even close to true. If the word "might" was used instead in both clauses, it would be an accurate statement, but such qualifiers rarely appear on DU.
So, I'm skeptical by nature, and generally so. I'm almost never cynical, though, and never bitter, which was the point of my OP.
Anyway, thanks for keeping this thread alive. It's lasted much longer than I expected.