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The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.
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These are serious issues and I’m simply suggesting we should perhaps raise the level of the debate. I’m sorry if I’ve upset you.
It’s like the story of the boy who cried wolf...I’m not suggesting that the boy wasn’t wrong to lie. I’m not suggesting that the village folk should have believed everything he said. I’m simply saying that if the villagers had exercised a degree of informed judgement they might not have ended up eaten by the wolf. -
How? By your own admission your instinct is to assume dishonesty on this issue based on pre-existing prejudices instead of informing yourself and making your own judgement.
Seems to be pretty much on all 4s with the Trump crowd’s approach in the US. -
same mentality as the MAGA crowds crying fraud in the US
rubbish. actual experts lined up to warn people of the pitfalls and they were brushed off as "project fear". you chose to believe con-men who appealed to the worst instincts. now at least own your mistake.