duane later says, “You are exactly what I was talking about with this post.”

Because you are not an idiot.

“You can just add yourself to the list of people that think I am an idiot because I happen to think progressively.”

No no, progressive or liberal thinking is not stupid in itself. What I am referring to is the way you present your arguments, as opposed to your arguments themselves. I think the problem is there is a disconnect between what you are thinking and what you are typing. I don’t know you IRL, so I can only go by what you type.

“My therapist is right; it really is lonely when you are intelligent and well read.”

Are you making a joke or did your therapist really say this?

“I am not the only one that sees the facts that I am talking about. ”

Same for me, yet you call me closed-minded, etc.

You don’t master the facts when you clearly have the ability, and critical thought does not seem to be something that interests you.

Why didn’t you just skip the nonsense and call me a raging stupid idiot?

I give up. I always try to argue logically and critically with you and everyone that comments on my blog, but you see it as the opposite. I am not the only one that sees the facts that I am talking about. I am not the lone person in the world that believes what I believe. As such, I would believe that I am not just a crazy sole voice out there.

It is obvious that your point in coming here and talking to me, is to try and educate me, because you see me as stupid. Well, since that is your goal, I hate to disappoint you, but I am very well educated, and tend to speak logically; where often times, you do not. Frankly, I should have figured this would come from you; I am honestly surprised that it wasn’t brought up long ago.

You can just add yourself to the list of people that think I am an idiot because I happen to think progressively. Perhaps too progressively for the conservative mind to comprehend, and as such, brush off as stupidity. Sigh… My therapist is right; it really is lonely when you are intelligent and well read.

I mean, I know that I am just putting my opinions out there, but apparently, I attract a certain type of person that wants to disagree at all costs.

Well, I’m not really seeing how or why that’s your fault. As my friend Belledame said about my blog, “You do seem to have a handful of particularly fuckwitacious assholes who’ve been moth to your flame.” Your call whether you want to let people shit all over your living room floor (or your coat), but personally I nip that nonsense in the bud.