The bowtie is our strongest evidence, but it remains inconclusive

I think you may have misunderstood, comrade. I’m not attempting in any way to defend the CIA – I said that it has both incompetent and competent agents, successful operations and ones that seem like they’re a literal joke, and if we try and say the CIA is only competent or incompetent we’re going to make mistakes and miss opportunities.

My feelings in pictogram form:

:amerikkka:

:M16: :cia: :bottle:

:match: :luau: :liberty-weeping:

:sicko-yes: :left-unity-3: :no-police: :gui-better: :acab:

Kill thinking in absolute terms. The CIA is a big organization. Some of the shit they’ve done has been consummately professional (we don’t hear about it until decades later). Some of the shit they’ve done is laughably incompetent (having their entire spy network compromised in China). Some of the spooks are dull and complacent. Some are vicious predators. All of it’s true at once, we just have to look at individual actions, agents, operations which can vary wildly and judge accordingly. Think they’re all hyper diligent masters of counter intelligence misses opportunity for exploitation and growth, thinking they’re bungling bureaucrats misses the serious coups and destabilization they pull off regularly.

In conclusion, it’s always a little of both -Derrida

The closest is 1 teacher of a different class in my grade (not even my own teacher) told my mother I should be tested for autism because of how upset I would get at deviations from plans (again more likely my ADHD).

It kiiiiiiills me when things are different than planned. It makes me super sad or angry when it happens, but it’s not an appropriate response so I have to channel it inward.

Does that make me perfect at keeping my own commitments? Oh, heaven’s no.