ubiq- i get that you (both) enjoy this back and forth and i can barely read it all, let alone comment on the content but please allow me a comment –
firstly, this particular set of utterances:
Your problem is that your Idol Obama couldn’t say Islam and terrorist together” followed by “It’s not saying them together, it’s showing the terrorists that we’ll do anything to prevent your ideology”
really does make sense in terms of what it means and how that whole topic went down with obama. it is just not something obama supporters/trump oposers would understand/agree to/admit.
which kind of brings me to my next point that even though you two are experiencing an exaggerated level of this next point, i really have found this :
I dont think I’m going to convince him, i just find it fascinating when people are proven wrong and instead of retracting double down
to be true regarding obama and hilary supporters as well. I am not a trump supporter, but i am an obama/clinton opposer and i find myself reacting with exactly that thought when i hear sane, respected posters defend them in the face of what is so obvious to me and others. I don’t expect you to agree, or even see it, but you may not want to laugh quite so hard or think of yourself or your friends as quite as exempt from such behavior.
Lastly, regarding that math thread, it is funny to me to see that other perspective. when you say that something “has been explained”, what criterion are you using to expect i should assume something is true because someone explained it. I would need to check into it to find out if their “100% ironclad” opinion really is so. and sometimes its not.
just some things rolling around in my head while reading your post. I thought of your “arguments” with health as something between the two of you (albiet in public), but when i heard your “take” on it, it jarred me. sounded more demeaning than fun between two people.
i could be wrong.