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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: ptheland 🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: So it was a coup: Hersh
Date: 07/30/24 11:39 PM
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It's not my fault that the events (and facts) of the day are so, so badly misaligned with how you want to perceive the world.<\i>

See? You are proving my point. You have only one response to everything. You are so desperate to be seen as a winner that you must be right in everything you say.

You can’t stand it that some people are calling Biden’s resignation heroic, so you’ll swallow any lie that makes it look less heroic. Then you have to repeat that lie to justify to yourself that you are a hero and Biden, whom you oppose, is not.

The real truth is that Trump is just one big loser. He proclaims himself to be the hero and winner, but he has deluded himself the same way you have deluded yourself - by doing nothing more than claiming to be a winner, even when the facts say otherwise. That is why you need “alternative facts” to keep your delusion alive.

When you are ready to admit your self delusion, there are plenty of people who can help you. But until then, all anyone can do is point out your delusion in the starkest way possible.

—Peter
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