Posted on 02/21/2018 12:06:33 AM PST by ransomnote
No, I simply think you've been sanctimonious in your replies to me. Nothing more, nothing less.
And you think you know me "based on some relatively few words on a screen."
Don't talk down to others and they won't talk down to you.
Next step...you'll say I'm a troll?
I think I'm pretty transparent. One becomes much more so from living around Qx who tends to be so transparent he scares people.
Sometimes I wonder if both of us have a touch of Asperger's because we don't track where some folks are coming from in their convoluted and inaccurate assumptions about us.
Have a great sleep and weekend.
And if sanctimonious does not mean inauthentic, hypocritical, TO YOU, what DOES it mean to you?
I refer to the dictionary's core definitions of the word and you insist the dictionary is wrong and you are right. So, what does your special dictionary say "sanctimonious" means to you?
Because so far, you are not successfully communicating much of anything about the word, other than that you enjoy being very convoluted, obtuse and maybe moving the goal posts in the middle of the game.
No. I don’t think I know you much at all. I’m even skeptical that you WANT to be known, at all. At this point, you are fairly confusing and mystifying, to me.
The royal we.
I would have to agree, to a point, It used to be a Representational Republic until 1911 when Congress capped the Peoples representatives at 435. Capping Reps at 435 also went against the 12th amendment by capping our electoral votes. Then 2 years later we get screwed by creation of the FED. Now, fully controlled, with the illusion of freedom, we are puppets at somebody else's mercy in what has turned into a shell of the Constitutional Republic our founding fathers provided for us, with very limited representation.
This is a great explanation but the video is over an hour long
NOTE: It starts halfway in for some reason, restart at beginning.
U.S. Constitution and Landmark Lawsuit Involving Congress
He is saying we should have almost 7000 now by current population... 1/50,000
It is a lot easier to control half of 435 than half of 7000
He says there is a lawsuit working through the courts to prove an amendment was actually ratified that would have made their 1911 bill unconstitutional.
Not sure if it has legs or not though.
America has never been a Representational Republic.
Answer this.
From whence does said representation emanate?
What created our representation?
Have you put the cart before the horse?
You already know the answer, A Constitution was written and the representation was created therein.
A Constitutional Republic.
An example where you feel I did that might be more helpful.
Actually, I'm more convinced of my own clay feet than most folks I know. I keenly know the pit whereof I was dug.
I feel I make feeble efforts to communicate complex but important things all the time.
I know from most of my decades that other folks often misconstrue me as a person and what I was trying to say. It has often been very difficult to improve how I come across--particularly with some types of people.
I know Qx has had a similar problem with some types of people. And I don't even know that either one of us could easily describe precisely what type of person that is. It just seems to be a slightly common but occasional thing.
We both also know that most folks, face to face, who persist in pushing past initial hesitations and establish a genuine closer relationship with us--they totally lay aside such impressions and assumptions.
I have often said to Qx--"Wellllll, someone else failed the Qx test!" i.e. they failed to persist in the relationship long enough to relate to the true us in a genuine fashion and see us as doing exactly that--as we had been from the beginning.
Some sorts of people "Pass the Qx test" immediately. Not sure why. They seem to be folks who are also brazenly transparent, honest, candid, creative, think out of the box, startlingly unique etc.
Whatever you are keying in on about me--Qx probably has it at least a couple times worse. LOL. Nevertheless, most of 3,000+ students KNEW he cared for them as individuals and would have done anything he could have to help them.
And they typically said that his classes were the only worthwhile and fun classes they attended--that they took practical good things away to use in their lives--much more than book knowledge. Because of that, he learned to not care that much what folks who didn't persevere enough in relationship with him to know and understand his authentic self.
Yet, when he tried to go out of his way to pay a thoughtful & kind complement to a raging feminist colleague--a sociology prof--she bit his head off as though he'd cussed her out as some sort of hideous creature. Mystifying.
I used to have such problems in my retail job with my co-workers. They often reacted to me as though I was prissy and thought myself better than others.
Thankfully, my supervisor knew better. And, Qx helped me see that it was usually individuals who were insecure or jealous or had a habit of complaining about, of blaming others for their own crap.
And, he helped me build some bridges with such folks that before I'd have just written of as impossible to relate to.
Therefore what, I don't know. But I appreciate finally understanding what you meant.
And, my 2nd husband, who was also a friend of Qx's was also very similar.
So, when I say "we," I mean, Qx and I.
And, Qx helped me see that it was usually individuals who were insecure or jealous or had a habit of complaining about, of blaming others for their own crap.
And here you go with a not so subtle jab that I'm "insecure or jealous".
You're a piece of work.
If you say so. I see you!
No. I wasn’t extrapolating to you. I was mentioning my experience in a very specific environment with specific other persons.
A lot of old timers hereon know Qx and enjoy hearing of his perspective on at least a couple of topics. They know who I’m referring to when I use “we.”
Question everything.
Keep talking.
Stand up.
Fight fight fight.
Your assumption(s) about my use of “we” were/are inaccurate. Understandable if you didn’t know our history on FR—but still, inaccurate—and a bit unfair.
I mostly deplore folks who hit and run and won't talk a misunderstanding through.
God bless you and sleep with the angels!
Thanks much for your kind words and encouragements.
Likewise. God's best to you and those you love.
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