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Not only that but he deliberately avoids the fact that he is as hopelessly vulnerable as anyone else when it comes to protecting himself from danger in the world. He salves this 'weakness' with ideas that he can 'see it coming' by picking out 'the obvious.' Maybe even being the hero that saves the plane because he was nervy enough to pick out the guy in the keffiyeh.
But it's like telling children the people they need to worry about most are old men in trenchcoats. Living under those kinds of assumptions doesn't make a person more safe. But it does make them look like a fool.
That said, matthew is deliberately provocative. He'd say anything to get attention. He probably trolls conservative boards as a radical liberal.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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