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   On Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:27:38 -0500, Noah Sombrero    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:41:20 -0500, Wilson    
   >wrote:   
   >   
   >>On 2/23/2026 10:40 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>> On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 19:18:34 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 2/23/2026 10:54 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>>> On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 09:53:03 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> On 2/22/2026 7:46 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>>>>> On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 18:25:37 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> On 2/21/2026 8:46 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> On Sat, 21 Feb 2026 16:22:54 +0000, Julian    
   >>>>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> Earlier this month, an SOS dropped into my inbox. It came from a   
   student   
   >>>>>>>>>> at the University of Sussex. Lest her repressive professors punish   
   her   
   >>>>>>>>>> for what I am about to report, let’s call her ‘Emma’. ‘I am in a   
   mild   
   >>>>>>>>>> state of despair,’ she wrote.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> You must feel sorry for those poor conservatives, they feel despair.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Not sorry. There are only two biological genders: male or female.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> I say that your and my beliefs in the matter do not influence what   
   >>>>>>> other people believe.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Some people are highly susceptible to suggestion and are very prone to   
   >>>>>> suggestibility. They sometimes believe things they read on social media.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> But you and I know better than to do that, don't we?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> Most of the things I know I learned in elementary school starting in   
   >>>> grade three. Two genders. Then, later in Biology 101: Anatomy and   
   >>>> Physiology. Two geners confirmed.   
   >>>   
   >>> I learned at university that all sorts of genetic variations are   
   >>> possible (but not common).  hermaphroditic, multiple pairs of mammary   
   >>> glands in females, whatnot.  The prof's comment was that nature is not   
   >>> nearly so obssessed with gender as we are.   
   >>>   
   >>> You really can't get an education in a jr college.   
   >>   
   >>"Condescension is a recurring tactic. The leftist says dissenters are   
   >>uninformed,   
   >   
   >dissenters are not necessarily uninformed.  Uneducated people are.   
   >   
   >> morally deficient, or acting in bad faith.   
   >   
   >Who said anything about that?  But yes, propaganda is bad faith at its   
   >finest.   
   >   
   >>Rather than   
   >>engaging with ideas, they employ a "talking down" tone where their views   
   >>are assumed as self-evident truths.   
   >   
   >I engaged my profs with ideas while I was at university, when I   
   >occasionally had one worthy of their attention.  And I am engaging   
   >with your ideas, whether you like it or not.   
   >   
   >Remembering that lies are not ideas, are not theories, are not   
   >opinions.   
   >   
   >>The left often denigrates opponents instead of answering their   
   >>arguments, which is a sign of intellectual insecurity."   
   >   
   >No that is what the rightwing that wants to say:  I am entitled to my   
   >opinion (yes you are) and it is as good as the opinion of somebody who   
   >has spent years of their lives successfully learning about a topic   
   >(no, your opinions are not without similar training.  Without that   
   >your ideas are ignorance, even though you occasionally can be   
   >accidentally right).   
   >   
   >You of course can accuse those who disagree with you of condescension.   
   >That is a whine unless you undertake to inform yourself with real   
   >knowledge.  At that point you would deserve attention whether I would   
   >then agree with you or not.   
      
   There are, for instance conservative economists, and commentators   
   (David Frum) who do that without being farright conspiracy theorists.   
   There is even Liz Cheney, who politically is much like her father the   
   war hawk.  Even so, I applaud her resistance to himbo, while you   
   deplore her for the same reason.  I would definitely argue against her   
   politics otherwise, but I grant she knows the difference between right   
   and wrong.  I give her respect at a time when it is seldom deserved.   
   --   
   Noah Sombrero mustachioed villain   
   Don't get political with me young man   
   or I'll tie you to a railroad track and   
   <<>> to <<>>   
   Who dares to talk to El Sombrero?   
   dares: Ned   
   does not dare: Julian  shrinks in horror and warns others away   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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