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believe me, i have no a priori problem with ridicule. either issuing or recieving.
but i figure that it is not equally appropriate in all contexts.
that's all.
as for what you are reading--well, from your viewpoint maybe this is irrational.
i suspect that i would find most of your politics irrational as well. in fact, given that i find nationalism to be a form of collective mental disorder, you can be sure of it.
what i think folk were trying to explain are some of the reasons why the question of leaving or not in the face of the present state of affairs is being considered.
given that, it really makes no difference whether you or anyone else finds those reasons inaccessible or how you choose to spin that inaccessibility.
it really doesnt.
i think it was not unreasonable to expect that others would recognize and respect that, but apparently in some cases that was assuming too much.
what i did expect is that folk who disagree would at least choose not to be clods about it.
as it turns out some were not, some, including youself, were--and personally, i misinterpreted a couple (irate in particular)--it is how things sometimes go in the alienated space (platonic sense) of a message board.
much past that, i do not see the point of trying to persuade you to think about posts that you are not apparently willing to take seriously.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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