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He really doesn't seem to get libertarians, I agree.

But you're acting like the pain of the truth is his fault.

And it's not like he, let alone the world, isn't full of softer messages, but those work on the (few) people who they work for and for everyone else there are other things. That people are claiming his messages are so maddening just shows they're blind to anything not pointed or they'd have encountered these thoughts already in a way they would have found more palatable.

In fact, they're not even outraged, it's just the next step in the courtroom joke.

"When you have the law on your side, but not the facts, pound the law. When you have the facts on your side, but not the law, pound the facts. And, when you have neither law nor facts on your side, pound the table."

Nobody is kicking down your grandmother's door and making her defend christmas. Just don't read something you consider harsh if all you are going to do is whine if it is.



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