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Originally Posted by EdmundDorf
While you are basically correct, I think after 20+ years of torture and the feeling until recently that he would never sell, we may want to be a little more understanding of the desperation of some to get it over with. Although, something tells me that your response is also reflecting the emotional rollercoaster the fan base is on.
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In my case I just get irritated at stupidity and I've long been dismayed at the sheer number of people in our society who get duped by fake news. This is not a phenomenon limited to sports; Trump espouses the lie that there was a conspiracy to steal the election, it gets amplified by 'news' websites like Breitbart, Info Wars, and even Fox News. And yet people believe it - despite there being no court cases in which the case isn't eventually thrown out - enough believe it to show up in numbers on January 6th threatening the peaceful transfer of power in our nation.
Our society's disturbing inability to think critically about what is real and what is fake is scary and it shows what can be done in a society without a free press. If that can happen here, imagine what is happening in Moscow and Pyongyang.
Bringing it back to football, I'd rather not see the lack of critical thought here on this site. This is supposed to be Commanders discussion for the knowledgeable fan. We should all be able to tell a credible report when we see it.