You were.
or at least un inclusive in my statement about U-3
Not what you and I were discussing. We were discussing about how ptif made a false statement to support a position which was inaccurate. When you accused pinqy of not sourcing his claims, I pointed out the difference between pinqy and many others is how pinqy almost always uses BLS numbers and when he asks for the sources of others, it is because they are making inaccurate claims.
I proved, as an example, ptif made a false statement. You claimed I didn't, which is what you were wrong about.
but in general, the numbers reported are manipulated
Do you have any real evidence to support your position, aside from "because I want to think so"?
See, there's that arrogance I spoke of
We've already covered this. When people make absurd statements, they don't deserve any better than I give them. Perhaps it is arrogance, I don't dispute that, but it's more just a lack of caring when dealing with people who are too damn stubborn to see why what they are saying is wrong.
In other words, YOUR arrogance (meaning another's arrogance, not you specifically) triggers mine. The fact you admitted you were wrong when presented with the truth (though not about what you and I were discussing) immediately improves my desire to converse in a meaningful manner.
That's not what I said and you know it
No, it's not what you said, but it is what you said. You called me a progressive for no reason better than because I refuse to go along with your (or another conservative's) provably false statement regarding the percentage of discouraged workers. Because I insisted on actual facts, rather than the made up crap which makes you feel better in your political lean, you called me a progressive.
So, like I said, it is what you said.
What never occurs to you is how you come off to people
Oh no, I know exactly how I come off. I already told you in that ridiculous thread you created about abortion to age 5 that I know I rub people the wrong way.
What has not appeared to have occurred to you is that I honestly do not give a rat's ass if someone who insists on being wrong, even when being presented with the truth, thinks poorly of me. I have many cares and concerns in this world, but whether or not someone who needs to hide their head in the sand in order to continue believing what they want to believe likes me is simply not one of them.
I can tell you, based on what I've read of your postings, you're probably not someone I'd enjoy being around
Yes, probably not. You don't seem to like when people point out how often you are wrong and/or being silly.
Being a progressive makes you a progressive, and you display all of the earmarks of the usual
I suspect you cannot point to a single thing I actually believe which is "progressive".
No, really, go ahead. Point to something I believe which makes me "progressive".
But, continue with the facade if it makes you happy....:shrug:
There's no facade. When I claim to care only about results, and not what method is used to achieve them, it's the truth. When I say I don't care which party makes America better, only that it improves, it's the truth.
You see, I'm not like you. You want the country to fail when a "liberal/progressive/Democrat" is President, because you seem to be far more concerned about your team winning (or the other team losing) than you do about the good of the country. I believe in equality under the law. I believe in local control if possible, state powers where appropriate and federal powers where necessary. There's nothing progressive about that at all.
At the end of the day, your only standard for me being a "progressive" is that I'm not nearly as far to the right as you are.
