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Sorry, I might not have been clear with that.
What I was trying to say is: the FBI managed to piss off most everyone in the preceding years. General Republicans by soft-balling Hillary. Hillary supporters by going after her at all. Every other Democrat by failing to bury Trump. Diehard Trumpers by going after him at all.
Yes, this is stupid and contradictory. It's also sufficient to explain why the FBI might try to avoid commenting on the veracity of a source.
Anyway. I'm not sure I follow you, regarding the fruitlessness of discussion.
Maybe I just feel like the pavement has always been there, always approaching. Each child born around eighty years from splattering across an alarming area. Might as well have some fun while we're at it, no?
If you're like me, you get some satisfaction from writing. You struggle, sometimes, to arrange the words just so--but it is the right kind of struggle. Other humans on the screen trigger interest, confusion, perhaps even disgust or righteousness. You desire to express those emotions. Here we have a forum that tells you to do so, by all means, so long as you can follow certain constraints. This selects for certain emotions more than others. You come to the Motte when you want to experience that cluster of thoughts and feelings.
If this doesn't resonate with you, then why are you here? What drives you to come and prognosticate? When people accuse you of "doing a bit," they are confused at the mismatch between your sentiment and your actions.
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