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JHB

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6. Kirk was the kind who crowed his own slam-dunking... on the kiddie-sized basketball hoop.
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 08:53 PM
Sep 25

He was glib and knew how to fake out people with no skill at debating. Anytime he went up against people who knew the tricks he got his ass handed to him.

If anyone needs proof he was never interested in the exchange of ideas, look no further than his arguments. From one place to another, they never changed. If someone was pressing him hard in one place, he evaded and moved to something he was more effective at, then *poof*, the same talking point was back at his next stop.

He never re-evaluated based on the perspectives people brought up because that was never anything he was interested in. He was there to put on a show and score points with his audience.

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