>>same hybris, the same lack of self-reflection...hearing this tone from people I have known and appreciated for so long just makes me sick
Ouch. Sorry to be a focus of the passion of your disagreement. For my part, I sometimes feel compelled to introject "this tone" as a corrective or buffer for what I perceive to be a dogmatic party line chorus. Just can't see anything wrong with killing our enemies. Tried to. Probably too dense to reflect much. When geopolitics merits it, I'd be glad to sing the "Ode to Joy" with you.
Yours in bossiness, condescension, arrogance, disdainfulness, and wet sloppy hauteur,
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