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So... here's the thing...

I RARELY talk about politics or religion, either on Facebook or in person. There are a LOT of reasons for this, but the primary one is, well, my ideas are pretty darn out there. There's an old joke that, if your opinions piss off everyone, you're probably on to something. Guess what? If I let people down the rabbit hole of my beliefs I would, indeed piss them off. To be frank, it's one of the biggest areas of conflict with my ex-wife (I probably could have kept my mouth shut more often. I am learning).

So here is ONE problem with every single difference of opinion that humans face: if two people disagree about something, there is little point in discussing it because, when you get down to the basics, they are BOTH right. I can explain this in length sometime, but the issue is, even if there are two seemingly diametrically opposed points of view out there, they are both right. Some of that has to do with the subjectivity of the universe and existence, some of it has to do with the fact that most disagreements are really about the wrong thing. People argue about the sleight of hand when they should be focusing on the trick itself.

And, really, I think that is an issue. People want to argue about certain topics, and their points of view are affected by hubris and personal biases and lack of perspective. So when people are arguing topics that they feel are important, I get frustrated and, in order to lay out my point of view, I'd have to go into a long and convoluted discussion about my view of the universe, existence and humanity, and that is not what most people want. So really, when I take a hot button issue and tell people they all agree and should stop arguing, they get mad. When I tell them they are arguing about the wrong things, they get mad. And when I say that they are both right AND both wrong, well, that takes a lot of words to justify.

But I'll spare you this for now. Keep in mind, though, if you hear some thoughts coming from the mouth of a certain world-weary 900 year old detective, remember that she is a LOT more like me than her goofy, jokester CT sidekick...