Re: oh, it's called a sweeping generalization retard ...

On 8/1/2026 3:02 PM, Julian wrote:
> On 01/08/2026 22:15, Tara wrote:
>> On Aug 1, 2026 at 2:40:32 PM EDT, "Wilson" <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 8/1/2026 2:10 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 1 Aug 2026 13:40:13 -0400, Wilson <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On 8/1/2026 1:06 PM, dart200 wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> u literally justify overriding free market principles with closed
>>>>>> borders because u profit from it!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> seriously, capitalists have no principles. it's all up for grabs when
>>>>>> there is profit to be made!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> it's fucking incredible you cried about how capitalism depends on 
>>>>>> people
>>>>>> acting ethically ... while here you are in just a thread over 
>>>>>> shitting
>>>>>> on basic principles of voluntary association because YOU benefit from
>>>>>> doing so!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> god ur such a delusionally confused basket case wilson and ur wholly
>>>>>> incapable of realizing it because the level of cognitive 
>>>>>> dissonance in
>>>>>> just how much a shithead u've been for long would be too much for ur
>>>>>> underdeveloped mind to handle,
>>>>>
>>>>> My business actually profits more from open borders and no tariffs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Open borders means more customers. Over 20% of my customers are 
>>>>> immigrants.
>>>>>
>>>>> No tariffs means lower prices for my products.
>>>>>
>>>>> I support restricted immigration and some tariffs because I think it
>>>>> benefits the young and low pay workers. And in the end that will 
>>>>> benefit
>>>>> the country at large even if it works against my short-term interests.
>>>>>
>>>>> As to free association, that's been illegal in this country for 50 
>>>>> some
>>>>> years. I'd support bringing it back as it empowers the individual
>>>>> against the bureaucratic machine state.
>>>>
>>>> That sounds yummy.  But it does not square with what you have been
>>>> saying here for the last ten years that I have been noticing.
>>>
>>> I've never once said that my opposition to mass immigration was because
>>> it benefits me. Same with tariffs. That was solely your interpretation.
>>>
>>> It seems to me like you're hearing what you want to hear because it fits
>>> your ideological biases. And because it's easier to deal with people
>>> when you categorize them into boxes that have been predefined.
>>>
>>> "Boom, into that box you go Wilson. And never shall you be allowed to
>>> escape!"
>>
>> True. This is why your view, if you want to be understood, when 
>> conversing
>> with certain people, I think needs to be pretty well spelled out. 
>> maybe over
>> and over again.
> 
> It doesn't work with people who are so sure of their mind reading
> ability that they've entrenched the believe they know your mind,
> thoughts, words and deeds better than you do yourself no matter
> how many times you tell them otherwise. If they respected you one
> correction would suffice.
> 
"Confirmation bias refers to a type of selective thinking whereby one
tends to notice and to look for what confirms one's beliefs, and to ignore,
not look for, or undervalue the relevance of what contradicts one's
beliefs."