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It's hard to respond to "what you're actually saying" when all that you're actually saying is an objection that I don't understand what you're actually saying.Oh geez. Okay, this again.
You used that same line last time. The idea that you understand the implications of my position better than I do. I think the result is that you make these long rants respond to implications that you believe you have correctly interpreted rather than responding to what I'm actually saying.
I don't have this problem with any of the other posters I consider intelligent, so either you're honestly at a level of intelligence that is a notch above posters such as Zankou, Pan, InternetHero, etc, or you're a bit of a presumptive asshole. I'm genuinely open to either being possible, but your aggressiveness leads me toward the latter.
For example, I said there was no causal relationship between my mention of propaganda and my mention of China's safety. Your response is to ask why, then, I mentioned propaganda at all. Again, maybe you're operating at a higher level, but that seems to me like you either didn't read my comment before responding or you're not understanding what I'm saying. Not all comments in a post must relate to the same point.
If a third party can weigh in on this could help translate, I'd appreciate it.
The thrust of my argument is sufficiently direct, and relevant.