Folks:. Argue if you will, (and I genuinely wish a happy Holiday, these winter months).
I've found, over and over, until my head (almost) literally explodes, THAT THE people quite near to me and my life seem like they will NEVER 'debate' in any realistic way...:
Name calling, smears and innuendo. It's like a smug, conceit and I'm not implicating anyone on the eevblog more like street neighbors, and some of (my) relatives.
Almost never, do I come away with any sense of accomplishment.
One fella, local, wouldn't react at all well, to my candid remarks (ignorant viewer of Thom Hartmann, is a good example. In my opinion, the worst, gossipy, rumour pusher, seemingly just overjoyed to 'slander', and employ false trademarks like they were the only method of 'fair' discourse.
There's ways, for me, of evaluating media things...but these days a dreaded sense, a caution...DONT CRITICISE these folks.
I've even started using their catch-phrase, of verbal 'smears' of character: ...'You People...'.
Level-headed rationality is nowhere to be found, trying to 'debate', just gets the comeback:
"Well, ...Mr. Smith is even worse...". Never to debate, in real, legitimate terms.
That's soooo 7th grade.