Complex Enough For You?
A couple of times over the last year I have been the target of what were intended to be devastating verbal assaults. These were blasts by people who were so certain that they had command of overwhelming verbal ability that they would be able to incinerate me with their attacks. While I salute their initiative and passion, I was left scratching my head at the showcase of poor reading skills, ignorance of logic, ad hominem attacks, and raw bluster. Where, I found myself wondering, did this come from. After some discussions with friends and colleagues, I have formulated a theory: these people, like so many of their fellow Americans, are simply incapable of participating in sophisticated discourse. Which is not just to say that they are not capable of contributing to the discussion, but that they are incapable of comprehending what the discussion is really about.
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