01-31-2017, 10:22 AM
(01-31-2017, 02:00 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: Well, I hope that I don't come off as a crank. Intensely partisan and opinionated -- OK. I know that.
There are no perfect parallels in history, and we have multiple cycles in operation.
Even the Vietcong got a bad mauling from the USA, even if their allies the North Vietnamese Army ultimately prevailed. .
To be honest, you can come off as a bit of crank sometimes. You're about as in to the impending rise of American fascism as AlphabetSoup is to WWIII. The fact that you actually responded this time in normal fashion is a good sign. Thanks.
I don't mind partisan and opinionated that much, it's when people do the discussion board equivalent of responding to requests for clarification by staring intently at my left ear lobe and ranting away that I get a bit concerned about how I am spending my time.
I mean, this is an odd topic for a discussion forum, broadly speaking, so we're all at least a little bit crankish.