when I listen to the political class describe how it's going to accomplish X, Y, or Z, the proposed plans universally sound about as well thought out and realistic as when Trump proposed sweeping the forests to prevent wild fires.

instead of me trusting your expert, I think you should trust mine.

I won't let the dirty dirty commies trick me into rejecting my belief in objective reality, and I subsequently won't give up on logic.

I don't think my rights should be limited to the ones that you can handle.

after being ridiculed for years for being super dyslexic, I recognize that the solution isn't to lie about my dyslexia, but to be an adult and to not be overly sensitive regarding the words of jackasses. And to the degree that we're going to try to bring about cultural change that makes related situations better for people, it shouldn't be that we ask them to lie on behalf of each others' inconvenient realities, it should be that we ask people to treat each other with respect in the first place so the lies are unnecessary.

I recognize that the right frequently rejects the evidence showing things such as where humans came from, and the left frequently rejects the evidence showing things such as that boys and girls are different, and these are not the same.

I refuse to behave as if I'm in a high trust society while being treated as if I'm in a low trust society.

while we all believe in one stupid thing or another, and it's good to not be too judgy, if you wear your moronic views and beliefs on your sleeve, as a badge of honor, I feel no obligation to treat you with more than basic respect

I frequently find comfort in saying "I don't know"

I'd rather try to be honest than try to fit in.