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 “You’re a binary thinker! 🤡

This is one of my favorite NPC retorts. Yea sometimes there are binaries. Sometimes those binaries have one objective correct choice.  So if I am perceiving reality accurately I act and speak accordingly. The only two ways to interact with another human is voluntarily or coercively. It is obvious which is preferable. It is obvious which institutions employ voluntarism and which impose force.

One of the greatest grifts in the modern age is “I want to inject the patient with 10 pints of AIDS blood and you want to inject him with 0. So let’s compromise and inject him with 1! I’m giving you 90% of what you want!” This is the game that leftists and their moderate enablers play until we’re all bereft of Liberty and wealth. 

Fucking parasitic, moral relativist drivel. Take Jeff’s advise and read a book motherfucker.  
 Calling be an NPC is no way to discuss opposing views. This post is probably idiotic. I wouldn't know because I didn't read past the second sentence. 
 “NPC.exe crashed on line 2 - EXCEPTION: feelings hurt” 
 It really isn't helpful tho 
 To be clear, I didn’t originally call him an NPC I just pointed out he used a common retort used by NPCs and made a good point after that. 


I think it’s kinda ridiculous to moralize about saying the word NPC and completely miss the point Jeff and I think you know that. 

The appropriate response is: why does this person think I’m being an NPC. Which I explained.