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Comment by CyrsBel

2 days ago

It is in my nature to give the benefit of the doubt, but as my post clearly says at the end: "That being said, these are nice things that people would want to hear so I too am paying attention."

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jtgeibel  2 days ago

Do you give the same benefit of the doubt to the 10s of thousands of civil servants who have already been abruptly fired without cause? Do you assume that they are capable and productive members of their departments who have been making good faith efforts to improve the lives of their fellow Americans? If so, then shouldn't the administration take a bit more than 30 days of careful analysis and deliberation before declaring their jobs wasteful and fraudulent?

doublerabbit  2 days ago

So you do give them the benefit of the doubt because they tell you exactly what you want to hear.

What will you do when they break your benefits of the doubt. Wait for the next time for more of the same words?

ludsan  2 days ago

Post your bank account number here. Give us the benefit of the doubt.

  • intended  2 days ago

    Typically i would agree with the harsh tone, but this person is being clear about their position. Perhaps I sympathize since I may also have a habit of being too credulous.

    • ludsan  2 days ago

      Credulity is a fine default for human interaction. It is gift of assumed sincerity.

      Deciding at which point that gift was misplaced is a learned skill and one I cannot claim to have expertise in.

      I may credulously assume that our poster friend is sincere. However, as I read replies that the poster has made to sincere responses, I observe:

        * a claim of mutual empathy via mutual distrust "I've criticized Musk!" ... "I've been contradicting DOGE on things since they became a thing"

  * a surrender of high-ground via tenuous appeal-to-authority "Bibi says he's not a nazi"

  * a veneer of emotional maturity over others: "we don't have to be so stressed about needing to trust DOGE's changes"

      I've seen enough of on-line conversations to understand the "I'm just asking questions" type -- the kind who only grows in power as response after response is parried with "my goodenss, how rude?!" aplomb.

      Buffeted yet calm, our poster friend claims the high-ground while having-and-eating cake.

      Our poster is in an incredulous superposition of:

      "So yeah, I don't trust him." and "I was shocked"

      or

      "I don't think they'd renege on it. I'm certainly not naive!"

      I've wasted too much time discussing our mutual friend. I should not have done my drive-by, and I apologize to you both for the energy consumption of my this and my previous post. I shrink away cowardly from responding anymore.

      I do not apologize for lacking credulity.

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