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People are drawn to extremes but the truth often lies in the middle.


And to think you used to give me shit about this very thing when you first came on board.
Good to see you've matured.

I think it is a bit simplistic to take the view that truth often lies in the middle. For instance, Iranian nukes, Iraq WMD, Assad using chemical weapons etc. If you were to say truth is in the middle then you would be allowing lies and propaganda to colour half the debate.That would be a bit naive considering they were all lies.


Extremes are simplistic, Miles. "Somewhere in between" is complex and takes analysis.

Extremes are easy to get to.

"All Arabs are bad and must die."
"All of American government is bad and must be mistrusted."
"Israel is a criminal state and nothing it ever does or claims has any merit."
"No one should have kids."






The world is grey, Miles.
I don't dispute that there are a lot of gray areas, but on things such as those listed above and also many 'conspiracies', they have turned out to be completely factual. There literally is no gray on the Gulf of Tonkin false flag, on government paedo cover ups, on NHS privatisation, on many of the things I find myself mentioning.

I think people think I have an extreme view simply because it doesn't correlate with what their media is telling them, but I tend to be pretty on the ball by pointing out that 'This is the fact'. I remember being told I was wrong on Assad and chemical weapons. Was I? I was wrong on the Ukraine coup being a CIA set up. Was I? I took a stance, otherwise seen as irrational in a truly insane mainstream media, and mainly because I trusted my sources. Generally that rule of thumb holds me in good stead. Not once did it cross my mind that the narrative of Assad and chemical weapons was a genuine one.

Anyone can make an extreme statement, but it's all about if you can back it up. Your example statements might make some sense if watered down, but I don't see them as factual statements and thus quite a different thing. I don't think anyone could argue that all Arabs are bad.