Tim Knowles
2 min readJul 2, 2024

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I am argumentative by nature and would like to be a penguin too. The artwork is awesome.

Anything as popular as the Beetles or Star Wars are certainly overrated. It is the nature of hype.

The other side is not comprised of idiots, well not much more idiotic than the not other side. Anything popular will have its share of idiotic supporters.

Ok I just made the mistake of looking up the definition. An idiot, in modern use, is a stupid or foolish person. 'Idiot' was formerly a technical term in legal and psychiatric contexts for some kinds of profound intellectual disability where the mental age is two years or less, and the person cannot guard themself against common physical dangers.

Maybe in modern terms both sides are populated by a fair number of idiots.

I have talked with quite a number of Trump supporters. Being in with the group and going with the flow is way more important to them than the issues. They can give you reasons why they support Trump but they are just parroting the talking points from talk radio and Fox News.

They don't worry that Trump might become a dictator, it would be alright with them as they know that he will not limit any freedoms they care about, you know the bible and guns stuff. Some few of them I know are seriously homophobic, sexist and racist even if they keep it kind of under the hat.

I would like to find what you probably would call a Center Right Republican, you know a Mitt Romney type who maybe is going to vote for Trump and ask them why. I am the only Center Right Republican I know and am certainly not voting for Trump.

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Tim Knowles
Tim Knowles

Written by Tim Knowles

Worked in our nations space programs for more than 40 years

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