"No punches were thrown."

*Delivers several more haymakers*

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

I don't believe those are haymakers. Leash and I had a PM exchange and I told him just that. I was a fan of his when he were merely an "IDIOT FREIND" and posted more sports. He claims he has changed, so I guess that is that.

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Frank's got my back!

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I don't think leash has ever pretended he's something he's not or come across as phony.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Maybe you haven't read his recent posts.

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I have. How is he pretending to be something he's not or acting phony?

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

So he really hates me?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I don't think anyone hates you, BRick. I think people simply have a different severity of eye rolls that they give your fourth-grade arguments.

Oh cool, we needed another person to take random shots about my intelligence!

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I doubt it. Did he say he does? I think he just gets frustrated with you. He's probably the only one.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

You might want to check to make sure that he is not without apparel.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Well, he didn't like my thoughts on Bernie, and he doesn't like my thoughts on Trump, so I'm not sure what to do.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

But the inverse of that is true also. You didn't like his thoughts on Bernie and you don't like his thoughts on Trump. It's almost as if you two just like to argue. (I do too so this isn't meant as a shot).

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

His last few interactions with me gave me some insights, but who knows what is in his heart?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

BRick is fairly consistent in his thoughts. Even when I disagree with him I always understand the point he's making. He takes a lot of incoming fire from just about every poster but rarely returns it. Very underrated poster.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

I agree with most of this. The bold part though, x one million

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Maybe that isn't accurate. I've seen some of the shots he's taken and would have exploded but his response was kind of tame.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

My own read on Leash lately (and I have not personally communicated with him about it in a while) is he is genuine in his feelings even if the delivery seems to be a over the top bit.

Maybe it is hard to do here but I thought he was trying to encourage or maybe even save the ability to have and discuss alternate points of view. Sometimes on tough issues that is a tough job.

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Elections have consequences.

I'm pretty sure you've taken some worse ones on here than me.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Look at the two cuck liberals having a victimhood contest!

Be nice motherfucker...

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

In many instances he was just as guilty of being closed minded as the people he criticized. Each topic invariably ended in "because you don't agree with it" or "I will be considered a racist". Those are tactics designed to stifle discussions and that doesn't even get to his rampant use of generalizations where they hadn't previously been used.

Rather than making presumptions about what people might be thinking simply respond to what it is that they happen to say.

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Maybe we should meet up in real life to clear the air? You are just an internet tough guy.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I think that being obstinate was the bit part trying to show some their own obstinance.

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Elections have consequences.

I always had trouble dissecting when he was being serious and when he wasn't. Leash has always enjoyed hard trolling by acting super serious just to rile people up. In real life, Leash is a reasonable guy, so I have to think he is just trying to create "content" around here.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Leash is not faking anything, imo

Trump has pushed a lot of people to extremes. That's all it is. It makes those who don't do the same into the enemy and it makes for interesting allies in the fight.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Leash is suffering from PTSD due to his membership in society's most persecuted demographic--the straight white male.

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He is pushing very specific buttons and even got after me for not being argumentative. He enjoys needling at people. If I needed help from someone on this board, he would be one of the first five calls I made. And most of you folks are very good individuals despite all our differences and board fights.

BRick is right too in that Trump has brought out a lot of extremes and raw emotions. I have had a few real life people get mad at me for being so anti-Trump.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Who are the other four people you'd call for help?

NAME NAMES!

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George