Jpw,

Jan 6....I'm not defending Trump.

I simply don't buy into the whole "coup" routine.

Laura,

I'm not saying I don't criticize things.

My point is I don't carry Trump's water, as was suggested.

Jpw,

My youngest memory of living in my own orbit was kindergarten.

We were outside playing at recess. Apparently we were called in and I didn't hear it. I'm doing my own thing and next thing I know another kid came up and said I'm in trouble for not coming in.

I looked around and everyone was gone. So I casually went in and was jumped on for disobeying.

I was thinking...what? Why am I in trouble? I didn't know we were done playing outside.

That stuck with me because I probably got in trouble at home.

I embarrassed my parents I guess and they spanked every chance they got.

Another story. When I was in class A school in the Navy I went to class with everyone else. I'm sitting in the room and the teacher calls out someone for wearing white socks. Someone turned around and pointed at me. I remember looking down at my shoes and around the room. I was wearing white socks in a room full of dark socks.

Yea...a whole other orbit.

I've spent a lifetime stumbling along being told I was wrong when I was just...elsewhere. Not rebellious. Not clueless. Just wired differently. And over time, I stopped apologizing for orbiting the world on my own terms.

Jpw,

I didn't realize what I said sounds like "super intelligent" like yav said. Who knew?

I didn't lie about one thing.

Just curious, you say, "You're all over everyone but Trump"

I think you're mistaken. I've attacked the previous administration but I've never praised Trump as a businessman or his ethics.

Yav,

"Intelligence is routinely overridden by idiocy, by faith, by refusal to see, by dogma, by bigotry, by prejudice, by tradition.
I have no idea what point you're trying to make. That you're intelligent? Super intelligent by your telling of events?
Certainly not on display here or in your posting history.
One thing you aren't is an enigma."

Let me clarify then.

Jpw called me gullible, stupid, and self-righteous. That's what I was responding to.

Ironically, I've lived most of my life struggling with a poor self-image. So self-righteousness is the last thing that fits. I don't follow dogma or blind faith, and I don't pretend to have all the answers.

But I've come to see the world differently than many here. That doesn't make me stupid, just independent.

And judging by some of the reactions, that independence seems to really get
under people's skin.

That's all I have to say.

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Jpw,

"I wonder how normal Bill appears in real life and whether one could guess from his outward appearance and day to day demeanor that the disturbing display of unawareness, gullible stupidity and pompous self-righteousness shown on this thread is what's going on in his head."

I get it. I'm a bit of an enigma. My entire life I've lived in my own orbit. I'm sure I'm naive about certain aspects of life.

For what it's worth, I scored high enough in the military entrance exam to qualify for nearly any speciality only completing 10th grade, passed the GED cold without studying, and later tested in the top 2% on an IQ test. I may not know everything, but gullible and stupid? Not even close. I just don't buy into the same narrative anymore and that seems to be the real issue here.