Reply #25: Maybe, but if his posts were such unequivocal nuts & nonsense, [View All]

it doesn't seem like they would have generated such
an array of responses from folks here, pro & con.
I always thought his main point
was that people often have automatic black-and-white responses
based on attitudes and impulses that they aren't
aware of, and that the truth is more subtle, complex, and
troublesome. That kind of thinking might not be popular on a
partisan political board where opinions are often quick &
strong & fixed. Me, I simply felt a kinship with
his oddness & (usually) gentle contrariness. I don't
pretend to know what he meant all the time, but when I
didn't I chalked it up to my inability to follow rather than his
inability to express himself. I suspected clarity even
when I couldn't find it. Maybe I was too generous or
naive. I felt like I could have had an interesting conversation
with him face-to-face, but of course I could have been wrong.
Again, it may be my own failing, but there aren't that
many online people I would really be curious to meet in person.
He was one. Peace.