Why don't politicians actually do something about gun deaths?

[me]

Yes! I like the way he stirs things up. 

You mean you like the way he thinks he can use big words to twist what he's saying to make himself come out looking like he's right about everything. When you take out all the unnessary BS he spews and get to the point he's got nothing but a pointless non argument.

[libby]

You mean you like the way he thinks he can use big words to twist what he's saying to make himself come out looking like he's right about everything. When you take out all the unnessary BS he spews and get to the point he's got nothing but a pointless non argument.

No. I think Y likes to make people stop and think, and, arguments with a lot of different personalities can be fun.

[me]

No. I think Y likes to make people stop and think, and, arguments with a lot of different personalities can be fun.

No, he wants people to agree with him because he sounds educated and some who don't agree don't want to sound uneducated so they don't question him even when he's wrong.

[Purplelady1040]

No. I think Y likes to make people stop and think, and, arguments with a lot of different personalities can be fun.

I agree. He and I may not agree on certain things but he is fun to read and he is knowledgeable about things.

[Purplelady1040]

No, he wants people to agree with him because he sounds educated and some who don't agree don't want to sound uneducated so they don't question him even when he's wrong.

Wrong.

[Purplelady1040]

You mean you like the way he thinks he can use big words to twist what he's saying to make himself come out looking like he's right about everything. When you take out all the unnessary BS he spews and get to the point he's got nothing but a pointless non argument.

Kind of like you just did. You could have said that in a shorter sentence but instead you dragged it out you could have said he tries to appear to be more intellectual than others and he isn't.

[Exterminator]

No, he wants people to agree with him because he sounds educated and some who don't agree don't want to sound uneducated so they don't question him even when he's wrong.

Since when have you ever cared that you sound uneducated?  You flaunt that here daily!   

[me]

Kind of like you just did. You could have said that in a shorter sentence but instead you dragged it out you could have said he tries to appear to be more intellectual than others and he isn't.

Or, he knows how to twist things using big words and spew BS. 

[Locutus]

Or, he knows how to twist things using big words and spew BS. 

I've never seen Y spewing BS. 

[Exterminator]

I've never seen Y spewing BS.

It's only BS to her because with her limited vocabulary, she has no idea what he's talking about.   

[me]

It's only BS to her because with her limited vocabulary, she has no idea what he's talking about.   

He's talking democratic socialist garbage which I don't agree with at all.

[Exterminator]

He's talking democratic socialist garbage which I don't agree with at all.

You don't even know what socialism is, whack job.

[Purplelady1040]

I've never seen Y spewing BS.

I haven't either. Now, granted I don't know him that well but  I guess what she considers facts is BS.

[me]

I haven't either. Now, granted I don't know him that well but  I guess what she considers facts is BS.

Facts???? They are mostly theory and opinions based on other opinions. Theory is not fact: 
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[Palehorse]

No. I think Y likes to make people stop and think, and, arguments with a lot of different personalities can be fun.

Absolutely. 

I encountered him well over a decade ago. How he put up with my ignorance and emotional turbulence is well beyond my ability to comprehend. I said some things to him I came to deeply regret a long time ago, and I still regret them to this very day. But he never held any of that against me and we became friends; a fact that I am proud of despite my idiotic behavior very early on.

He has taught me things I would have never learned otherwise, and still does so. I value his perspectives even when I disagree with them. They force me to think outside of the box and to use critical thought. Many times his views have been responsible for leading me to new paths and thoughts / ideas.

THAT is a true teacher in my view. And he does it extremely well.  And the thing about it is it is free and doesn't cost you anything except the time to listen or read. And he gives it freely and in the true spirit of enlightenment.