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Originally Posted by balderdash111
Hey, dude....
No, you are being dismissive. Honestly, this really isn't about me. I'm voicing my objection to your tone of superiority.
Being adversarial = "I disagree, what about this: ________"
Being dismissive = "I don't care what you think, your opinion is not valid" or, to use your terminology (paraphrasing) "you are not open minded enough to accept the truth."
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Let's agree to disagree about my previous tone. From now on I will make a conscious effort to be as far from dismissive as possible (being dismissive would be counter productive anyway).
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Originally Posted by balderdash111
Anyway, if nobody else minds your tone, so be it. I will leave it as my pet peeve and continue to roll my eyes whenever you do it.
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You're call, I suppose. Tell you what, let me know the next time I say something dismissive.
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Originally Posted by balderdash111
Hey will, feel free to self-righteously proclaim the irrelevance of these questions, but I am curious:
how old are you?
what do you do/where do you go to school?
what level of education have you achieved?
if you have a college degree, what was your major?
if you have a post-graduate degree, what is it in?
Feel free to be vague on details if you want. I am not trying to learn your identity.
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Well, I'll need to be a bit vague, but I can tell you I am 21, I have my BA in psych and I am on my way to my masters. My mom has been a psychologist for years, so I have plenty of second-hand experience (as well as some disfunction normal to those who have psychologists in their immediate family). I went to Santa Clara U. for my BA, but I cannot tell you where I am getting my Masters, as it would make it very easy to get my identity. I'm married and I have a normal job and a wonderful infant daughter. I'm not a genius, and I'm not an idiot. Most of my friends say I'm clever. I'm also curious by nature.
The 9/11 stuff has been more of a hobby for me, but it's not a passing interest. It's something I am very interested in getting to the bottom of (sorry, linguistics was never a strong point). I'm not trying to piss anyone off. I'm not trying to spread paranoia. I'm not trying to turn everyone against the government or anyone else. I saw something that didn't make sense. I investigated it a bit, and ended up finding a lot more that didn't make sense. Then I happened upon OpieCunningham's post about 9/11 and it escelated from there.
As much as I hate to do this, I'm going to have to respond tomorrow to the NITC stuff. I wanted to respond to your personal questions first (as they are easy to answer), and I want to have time to read over the NITC stuff and formulate a response.