Care to provide an example of a "non-sequitur or otherwise absurd metaphor"?

Or, y'know, you could just skip the sailing trip to Aruba.

If we got rid of the Republican party, he might be able to run as an independent.

What was that about four-year-olds not being sentient?

It's not a substitute for actual action. But in the meantime, it's at least better than doing nothing.

Tee hee, you said "thrust."

Conservatism is about making it illegal for the rest of the world to exist in a manner other than the one that you personally want it to.

I think most of them just don't want to do that.

Like a reverse Cassandra.

You can't expect your opponent to do your research for you.

Or uneducated. Or actively denying reality. Some combination of the three.

Social science does.