I received a funny comment today. I'd mentioned that I write about a wide range of topics on my newsletter - democracy watch, media literacy, global humanism, climate change, economics, scientific literacy, historiography - but this more conservative person then explained why he doesn't engage with it.
The "moods" comment is hilariously patronizing, but I also know that, while I advocate for constructive dissent as critical to democratic thinking, many see dissent as intrinsically negative. /x
Read like some fancy-shmancy mansplaining to me, @MLClark
๐ Garden variety, honestly.
But not a bad first attempt! Maybe after a few more classes, he'll ace the assignment.
"You can't handle the truth," wordily paraphrased, @MLClark ๐
It is very cute that he thinks his dissent would just devastate me.
I hope you're having a fun day yourself! The mall has grown too loud for work (everyone's too excited!), so I'm packing up to head home for the next three hours to finish a key task. Then game time!
Looking forward to the game, @MLClark. Hoping Colombia can pull off the upset. I do get the feeling CONMEBOL has predetermined this is Argentina's trophy. Hope I'm wrong.
I agree, but there's always a chance that Colombia will play well enough to keep officials from having the opportunity to skew results! ๐ค๐ป
I hope so, @MLClark ๐ค I've been a James fan since he played with Bayern.
@cmskiera
He took a couple of rhetoric classes recently. He is very proud of what he learned from them! ๐ Like a first-year psych student who warns everyone that they now know how to manipulate the masses.