Geez, Rich, you figured this idiot out pretty quickly. She loves to make assertions about me that are not based in fact. But that is OK because each time she does it, she just looks more desperate. The fact is that I have never left my roots, I agitate for progressive causes, I take on my supposed liberal brethren/sistren, and I challenge the system at all opportunities. That is probably why I have never "gotten mine". But one lesson I have learned in the trenches, a place where this jerk has never been. No matter how hard one tries, no matter the rightness of the argument, you cannot win, or even impact in a positive way, from the outside. Change happens in small increments. And to fly into the flame to prove your point only makes you a fried moth.

This person is just an angry person with no real time in the trenches. Many of her points are legitimate, but her smug "I am smarter than you dumb bastards, and you ought to be able to see that" approach tells me that she does the easy work. That is she is just a critic. Nothing to that. But fighting where it happens, and seeing the faces of those impacted by your stance will have a profound effect on you. You realize that some folks live and die by what you do. That is why I don't like you, and I don't like your attitude. You would condemn American soldiers to death to radicalize the middle. You would condemn American workers to poverty to make a point. And in the end, nothing would change in a positive way.

Mick