This isn't a bio. It's just my thoughts. The stupidest phrase I've ever heard is, "If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything." I like the phrase, "If you listen, you might just learn something." Everything we read today has a spin. Every writer has an agenda. They sprinkle their insights with opposing views because they think we are idiots who will see those strategically placed views and believe the writer is genuinely attempting to be unbiased. All of our political heroes are wrong about something. I am more likely to listen to someone whose ideas are based on their own experience than someone whose ideas are based on what their friends, family, church, or media told them. People can be especially defensive about the latter, and I think it's because deep down they're worried they might be wrong, or that the situation is more complex than they're making it out to be. Data lies. More specifically, data and statistics can be used to tell whatever story you want. You just have to have an agenda and get ahold of the right set of numbers. What was "statistically proven" yesterday will turn out to be horse shit tomorrow. An intelligent person's common sense usually turns out to be correct in the long run. There is something wrong with hating someone I've never met. There is something wrong with trying to ruin the career of someone I've never met. It doesn't matter what someone else says they've done or said. It doesn't matter how badly everyone else thinks I should hate them. If, in order to get you to see things my way, I have to hold back one or two non-applicable pieces of information that might make you disagree, or perhaps not mention a completely illogical counterpoint that might raise unnecessary questions, then my view is probably wrong. There are people out there who legitimately think it's more important for us to believe them than it is for us to think for ourselves.
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