TL;DR — Taking other people’s money is the easiest solution to solving problems.

What’s intriguing is that Trump has an uncanny ability to come off poorly in public. Lewis basically handed him a gimme by saying that the electorate being provided with accurate information invalidated their votes and did the exact some type of electoral delegitimization routine people were calling Trump treasonous…

Like commenters here repeating that the multicultural voters who elected Trump are racist misogynistic bigots?

That isn’t the point. The point is that the “popular vote” argument does not work as a testament of illegitimacy based on the system we have now. It’s one thing to want to use the numbers to CHANGE the system for future elections— but we cannot say an electoral college win is illegitimate based on the constitutional…

Plus he lost the election by 2.9 million votes.

I’m in the middle of Charles Duhigg’s “Smarter faster better” (which I got from a recommendation here), and in the first chapter, he talks about a study showing that people are more productive if they are praised for hard work, rather than being intelligent. The reasoning is that hard work is within our control, but…

You might consider revising the title to: “Base Your Pride on Success from Effort, Not Natural Talent, to Avoid Arrogance.” Without the success portion, it sounds like you want to hand out participation trophies.

New Mercedes are not better in terms of long-term reliability, and that’s what everyone means when they say “they don’t make ‘em like they used to”.

It depends on the area though, if you live in an area where crime is low you might do that. Otherwise no one will want to risk the confrontation (which is also why cops advise you call them not to go investigate yourself).

It happens in a lot of families. Happened to me actually. You achieve some measure of success and the rest of your lazy, stupid, embittered family hates you for it.

It’s human nature to defend ourselves when we feel attacked. Whether in person or anonymously online.

Exactly. “I’m not racist, so if you don’t agree with me, you must be racist.”

Speaking as a middle-aged white guy, if I get called a racist online I’m inclined to try to follow the argument my accuser is making. It’s entirely possible I am coming across as racist by how I word my argument, or there are thought processes of mine that I haven’t fully examined. Not saying you are a racist, but why…

True, but no one calls the police for assistance in non-criminal behavior (ok, well outside of good areas).

That’s the thing about calling someone a racist...there is no defense. If someone calls you a racist, there’s not a thing you can say to convince them that you’re not. But at the same time if you don’t try defend yourself then it simply confirms to them that you were a racist all along.

Conversations devolving into cries of racism is hardly a phenomenon limited only to white people or only to the right. Everyone tries to fit the events they see unfolding to their own preconceptions.

I don’t know if I would say race could be even a motivating factor (probably was though). Nosy neighbors are the worst and greatest thing ever. They will call you/cops/security whenever someone they don’t recognize is trying to get into your house/car.

Zilch. He loves the attention.

Nah, he’s a psychopath. The KFC might do it, but talking about him won’t.