Well, having actually worked in the White House for a US president, And for a winning presidential campaign, at the presidential transition office, and in the US Congress for a majority leader of the House of Representatives — and other high profile jobs for which I won’t bore you — I think I can respond objectively and accurately: but if not, I’m sure the author and the other readers will set me on the right course. No pun intended of course. I’ve been a registered independent, middle of the road moderate, for most of my life — including the past 30 years. I don’t wanna hijack your post here or be accused of literary terrorism, whatever you academians study to get that extra diploma to assert your purported authority to the world — Or philosophically theorize about. Sounds like Socrates had to a pretty awesome gig — You catch my drift — so I can’t blame you for any perceived intellectual dishonesty here. But opinions aren’t objective, they are subjective by nature. And so is the environment into which you were born, and the socioeconomic status of your family, and the color of your skin, and where you live, and where you were born and raised, and the government body to which you were raised under — and whether you were born and raised with morals and values that are noble, but that’s another subjective assessment.

Is that s stoking the flames, or can it be factually accurate — and you can be in your own perceived, indoctrinated world — your own paradoxical fantasy — Despite your Perceived and inherent intellectually honesty, And despite your attempts to refute me here, attempts to prove otherwise. No matter how accurate you may perceive yourself to be. Because you can’t perceive everyone’s life circumstances and opinions based on your own, that’s what bias and stereotypes are all about, but you know that already…Because you’re in academia. I get it, I really do.

So I’ll do a separate post based on these comments (with all the bells and whistles) but originally published.And I will even give you credit in a disclaimer that links to your original article to give you the credit you deserve and crave, as an esteemed professor, at your esteemed academic institution, in your on the perceived world, there I go again.

So I will get it out of my system here first, since you prompted my reaction. I will do so with my own perceived honesty, in my own way, with my own preconceived notions, and life experiences, and problems and pains, and love and joy, etc.

Yes, in the same manner to which you rally against it your post. Do I sense a whiff of hypocritical thinking here, I hint of intellectual dishonesty, or double standards, or false pride, or call it whatever you will. Does that mean “Book smarts” are always better than “Street smarts” — because that’s another absolute based on preconceived notions. Yes, notions that may be conscious, subconscious, intentional or unintentional — with or without bias, intentional or unintentional, noble or reckless…you got the point. Sometimes you have to hand write Home like a broken record to make sure the communication breaks through.

It doesn’t have to be a zero sum game, one side or the other, either/or.

Yes, it could be both at the same time in varying degrees. Absolutes are never always right or always wrong. That is, unless you’re touching a burning hot stove for the first time and keep doing it.

Do they even have a limit here on Medium in word count for responses and comments. You’ll probably delete this anyway because he can’t take the heat, or maybe it won’t, whatever.

Rant over…