GunnyBob wished you well, pal. Leave it be.
You're smart. We get that.
Give the man his due and back off. He wished you well.
Eh? You dug up a five-day-old thread for that? Bob wished me well in precisely the way Burger King employees wish me a nice day: because "bugger off!" isn't in the company handbook.
I'm not trying to score points for cruelty's sake. I've been reading diatribes about the "end" of America for decades, and I think they're dangerous because they're melodramatic and wrong. It's important that we understand the actual challenges we face. The way empires fade in the modern world is to stay right where they are and wane in power and influence to the number three or four slot.
Ozymandias has left the building.