Yeah this is what is a little bit contradictory about you. You claim to a: be proud of your opinions and who you are, b: able and eager to state your opinions and c: not be too concerned with the opinions of others. And yet you hardly ever really articulate or explain your positions. You merely state them. And that can't really work if there's going to be a debate. I can state my opinions and you can state yours and there can be this meaningless back and forth. Or you can investigate the reasoning/evidence behind my claims and present your own to defeat them. That's a debate. And it's not what you tend to do. Now, as you said, you "don't care." But you start alot of threads and you post alot, so clearly, you care a little bit. You also take the time to quote and respond to people, so you are reading what they say. So why do all that and not also engage with what they say?

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Yesterday, John McCain actually said that if he’s president he’ll take on, and I quote, 'the old boys’ network in Washington.' I’m not making this up. This is somebody been in Congress for 26 years, who put seven of the most powerful Washington lobbyists in charge of his campaign. And now he tells us that he’s the one who’s gonna take on the old boys' network,” he said. “In the McCain campaign that’s called a staff meeting!- Obama, 9/17/2008