(05-28-2023, 04:54 AM)loam Wrote: I'm fortunate in that I have been some what insulated from that predicament for many years now. That wasn't always the case.
There were points in my career where even a loose association with a site like TOS or this one would have been career ending...or dare I say it, even MSM news. I'll say no more there. But just the simple association would have been enough to crucify me. (And no, I'm not a government spook.)
It wouldn't bother me if you were - you wouldn't be the first one I've known, and I speak my mind to them as well. Life is too short to beat around the bushes unnecessarily, and people are just people, government spooks included.
Of course, I never went into a career where diplomacy was a necessity, so I reckon you could say I've insulated myself from that need. As far as jobs went, I always had the attitude that I was already looking for one when I found whatever one I had, and I could look again if necessary and I just walked away from whatever one I was doing at the time, so I never felt a need to be overly diplomatic there, either.
What I do know about you is that you are a thinker and a writer, and that's really all I need to know.
Quote:If we hadn't been phoning it in with respect to the constitution these past several decades (perhaps longer), things might be different. But I guess that's like complaining water is wet. It is what it is.
Politicians started selectively ignoring the Constitution about the time of the Civil War, so it's been getting increasingly ignored for roughly 160 years now. I'm surprised they even still pay lip service or try to keep up pretenses any more.
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