An Oracle for the Liberal

And that’s all I have to say about that

I’ll be blunt honest — you are part of the reason I have avoided Medium these past few months. I certainly can’t lay all of the blame at your feet, but I unabashedly count you as one of the factors.

Increasingly when I go on Medium, I am assaulted with titles that are trying to push people’s opinions down my throat, almost all presented as absolute fact, and almost all pointing at me (even in an obscure way) as always part of the problem, never part of the solution. When I look at your profile, every single title fits this description.

Everything you write is cynical. Everything you write is downright depressing, and I cannot continue to absorb your negativity. You present every thought as an absolute, and paint anyone who dares to disagree as an idiot at best. You never make the slightest attempt to consider someone else’s perspective. Anyone who believes in God or finds comfort in religion is the dumbest fucktard to ever walk the planet; anyone who feels differently than you about such things as environmental conservation invariably has their facts wrong.

I am not saying this with anger, although I have written to you in anger before. It’s just a fact, it’s what I see. I am not surprised that you don’t believe in love; if you treat the girls you have attempted to date the same way you treat your Medium readers, it is completely predictable that none of them would want to go any further with you. Your cynicism and judgement…