Quote from: WMK on May 13, 2023, 11:19:35 AMYou're using the term so "loosely" that it has no application at all.

Re-read the quote above.

Quote from: Possum on May 13, 2023, 11:23:21 AMWhy does a person have to ask you a question several times before you answer? If you choose not to have dialogue, it is real simple, do not respond. 

Depends on how the question is put. If straight forward, then an quick response is warranted.  Taxed puts questions straight forward to me and I reply.

Quote from: WMK on May 13, 2023, 11:57:47 AMDepends on how the question is put. If straight forward, then an quick response is warranted.  Taxed puts questions straight forward to me and I reply.

But you do respond, you just do not answer the question.

Quote from: Possum on May 13, 2023, 12:11:56 PMBut you do respond, you just do not answer the question.

Only if I'm dubious as to what might be being implied. Simple direct questions speak for themselves.
Questions that are rhetorical or embedded in other commentary are harder to discern specifically as to what their true motivation might be.

Quote from: WMK on May 13, 2023, 12:43:15 PMOnly if I'm dubious as to what might be being implied. Simple direct questions speak for themselves.
Questions that are rhetorical or embedded in other commentary are harder to discern specifically as to what their true motivation might be.

You sure take a lot of words to say nothing. I've heard that is caused by having nothing to say.     

Quote from: Possum on May 13, 2023, 01:25:12 PMYou sure take a lot of words to say nothing. I've heard that is caused by having nothing to say.     

Start posting what you know, not what you "heard." That's called an echo chamber.

Quote from: WMK on May 13, 2023, 02:25:18 PMStart posting what you know, not what you "heard." That's called an echo chamber.

You mean like if I was posting claims about how great and wonderful DeSantis will be as president, how he will be great at foreign policy, how he will only hire the best, how when he changes his mind it is the right thing to do and not a mistake in the first place, AND THE WHOLE TIME NOT HAVE ONE SHREAD OF EVIDENCE. Is that what you would refer to as an echo chamber? Face it, you have no idea, despite all of your useless bragging, on how DeSantis would handle the pressures of the presidency, and yet you have been posting  how GREAT he will be. And that my friend is what we call an echo chamber full of someone who has drank the kool-aid.


How's that for cliches?

Quote from: Possum on May 13, 2023, 03:28:43 PMYou mean like if I was posting claims about how great and wonderful DeSantis....?

Nope. Again, start posting what YOU know, not what you think others have said. And use their quotes in context. That way you won't have to become so melodramatic and evasive. Try it again.

Quote from: WMK on May 13, 2023, 04:10:56 PMNope. Again, start posting what YOU know, not what you think others have said. And use their quotes in context. That way you won't have to become so melodramatic and evasive. Try it again.

Go back and read what I have posted, in the majority of them, unless I was giving my opinion, I listed the source. But, enough about me, we were talking about how you list all these ways DeSantis will be world class, yet you do not give any evidence, so, try again.  Start with ONE source that tells us DeSantis's foreign policy strategy, that should be easy uh? (just to help out, just skip over the that huge screw up on Ukraine)

Oh, by the way, wasn't it just a couple of posts ago you made a big stink about not using the full quote?  What a damn hypocrite you are.

Quote from: WMK on May 13, 2023, 11:57:47 AMDepends on how the question is put. If straight forward, then an quick response is warranted.  Taxed puts questions straight forward to me and I reply.

Oh, like when I asked why you refused to watch the video I posted. That kind of straight forward question?
And no, you never responded.
So, here's a direct question. Why didn't you even acknowledge the video?

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Quote from: Solar on May 13, 2023, 08:06:50 PMOh, like when I asked why you refused to watch the video I posted. That kind of straight forward question?
And no, you never responded.
So, here's a direct question. Why didn't you even acknowledge the video?

I don't cater to people who try to dictate what you should do and when you should do it.  Never did, never will.
There's your direct answer.

Quote from: Possum on May 13, 2023, 05:13:59 PMGo back and read what I have posted, in the majority of them, unless I was giving my opinion, I listed the source..

Yeah, me too. My opinions don't require resources.
Think real hard about this next question:
If an individual has never experienced occupying a certain position, how could commentary about them in that position be construed as anything other than, o-p-i-n-i-o-n???  .

Quote from: WMK on May 13, 2023, 09:28:02 PMYeah, me too. My opinions don't require resources.
Think real hard about this next question:
If an individual has never experienced occupying a certain position, how could commentary about them in that position be construed as anything other than, o-p-i-n-i-o-n???  .

Exactly what we have been saying about your posts. No facts.      Nothing but feelings, hope, and daydreams.

Quote from: WMK on May 13, 2023, 08:28:46 PM]I don't cater to people who try to dictate what you should do and when you should do it.  Never did, never will.
There's your direct answer.

How was that a dictate, did I threaten you, did I coerce you in anyway, take anything away from you in the least, are you still posting?
Nope, so quit fuckin lying!

Fact is, you did watch it, but you'd never admit to it, but your post stating we have a bigger threat globally, exposed the fact you finally learned something outside your protected sphere of thought.

Next time, be the Conservative you claim to be, and accept actual challenges to your belief system.
You see, it didn't hurt you to learn, did it? It only expanded your horizons, exposed just how big of a problem, Global Problem we're acing, and just why your chosen Child Unicorn really isn't a fit for the job.

Fact is, your posts are boring, they bring nothing in the form of challenge. The entire purpose of this forum is to teach, regardless of the outcome, or how damaging it is.
Without truth, we are no better than the Marxist left.

Next time someone offers to broaden your horizons, don't take it as a personal threat, it only exposes you for the troll you actually are.

Quote from: Solar on May 14, 2023, 06:03:13 AMHow was that a dictate, did I threaten you, did I coerce you in anyway, take anything away from you in the least, are you still posting?
Nope, so quit fuckin lying!

"Try to dictate" is what I said. Stop the hyperbole!

QuoteFact is, you did watch it, but you'd never admit to it, but your post stating we have a bigger threat globally, exposed the fact you finally learned something outside your protected sphere of thought.

Ok, which one is the,"fact"? Your claim I did watch it or I didn't watch it?

QuoteThe entire purpose of this forum is to teach, regardless of the outcome, or how damaging it is.
Without truth, we are no better than the Marxist left.

Couldn't have said it better myself!
 So, in that vein. I'll tell again your political approach to dealing with the WEF and the likes is 180 degrees out of phase. America must heal itself from within, as priority #1, before any matters (short of war) of an external nature become top priority.  When America is strong -secured borders, conservative government, vibrant culture - then it will more effectively project righteous power on a global scale.  Our enemies know this better than we do. That's why they're here.