No. The basement for both strategies is the same: laughingstock. The ceiling for kevin+kyrie is multiple championships. The ceiling for various assorted also-rans is waste some time, start from scratch down the road. The expected values of these strategies are not comparable.

“Are you saying that doing all that, while pretending to be morally superior, is actually better than just admitting that it’s what’s in their interest?”

Opposing kim is not the same as supporting war in korea. And referring to your opposition as being in an "echo chamber" is an admission you don't think your argument can stand up on its own merits. Next time, focus on substance.

They are trying to build an excuse for themselves for their inevitable support for trump and for deplorables, which they know to be indefensible on its own merits. “I wanted to oppose trump, but you libruls forced my hand!”

The people that he, and you, are attempting to delegitimatize are actual Americans. In fact, in light of your unAmerican attitude, it could be said they are more American than you are.

I presume this team takes the bus to all its matches, because how could you ever trust air travel when all the airlines are in on the round earth conspiracy?

That’s that’s hardly a ringing endorsement. Do we really want someone with comey’s lack of judgement as our nominee? The failures in judgement of Obama, Hillary, and Comey put Trump in office.

The democrats didn’t just drop most of the racist stuff - that is, it didn’t just happen. It was the product of a historic political movement mostly working from outside both parties, not conforming to their interests or agendas, that benefitted from the support of certain strong men at the top and twists of fate that…

Any American who doesn't despise Trump is deranged.

Don't cut yourself on that edge.

In the future shirts will come automatically with airbags sewn into the collars. Future generations will regard us as hopelessly backward for our lack of head/neck protection.

If you’ve been following the conversation you should know that you cannot significantly mitigate your risk of being hit by a foul ball by paying attention. That’s part of the problem, the delusion of agency on the part of people who have escaped foul ball injury not through their own vigilance, but through unearned…

no, democracy is predicated on people acting on their values, whether that cuts for their self-interest or against it.

No, you are here to innoculate yourself against the progressive movement, to expose yourself to it just enough so that the backfire effect will take hold and you can reassure yourself that you are not only right but possessing of nuance your opponents lack, even though your positions aren’t really nuanced but…

The guilty flee where no man pursueth.

“If you want to keep him out of jobs where he has power and/or influence over young women, I’m 100% with you. That’s not the case here. How is this position different than say, an auto mechanic? Or a janitor?”

You need to be doxxed and forced out of your job. It’s clear at this point that your objectivity is compromised and you are incapable of actually rehabilitating the offenders you work with, because the starting point for rehabilitation is keeping them honest, not making excuses for their bs or allowing them to swallow…

A radioactive spider bite giving someone spider powers is orders of magnitude more plausible than any marvel movie set post-snap. Spider powers are one wrong detail, but every detail of this movie is wrong. The colonel is underselling the disaster tremendously. It’s not a question of losing 50% of the world’s food…

It's a phony cliche that doesn't describe actual california at all. It's a shame thst people are rewarding him for this lazy writing.

He’s a prospect so unpromising he literally can’t get on the court in summer league. No, that caliber of prospect is not on a multi-year developmental timeline. “Intriguing” skills or not, that kind of prospect gets cut automatically and doesn’t even get consideration from other teams, unless he has a high draft pick…