What’s amazing in reading the comments on this thread is that so many freepers think that Scott WON the exchange!
Take a look how most other sites are reporting this...
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I don’t disagree with your take as presented in this post.
The Lefty built a wall of lies, then Scott essentially said, “Okay then, good-bye...”