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To me it's weird that you don't know how to feel about an idea until you figure out which side of some issue it implies. Seems like rational thought should work the other way around. Maybe that's just me.
Your original post was vague and could be read as pro-public transit (some can't drive and need it ) or anti public transit (some people need private transit because they can't get on a bus or whatever). Or maybe uselessly neither? I really don't know what you were trying to contribute.
"Rational thought" doesn't really enter into it.
I was trying to contribute that it's okay if one size doesn't fit all. Different people have different needs. Being pro something doesn't necessarily mean you're anti some other thing. It's not a binary world, in case you haven't noticed. The compulsion to think that way hurts discourse. I'm pro public transit and also pro private transit, because they're both useful in different ways.
Sometimes things are mutually exclusive.
Also I don't know what "pro private transit" means to you. Do you mean more space dedicated to cars over people? Often people want "more parking" and "more lanes", and those things don't solve the problems they're facing, and are bad ideas.
You have to take more of the ideas out of your head and put them into the words you write if you want other people to follow you.
You've excelled in your efforts at not making a point.
Their point is clear and I can repeat it. Try disagreeing without being rude, please.
E: Also, happy cake day!
I can't disagree or agree with vague aspirations against another posters weirdness and rationality, though the smugness is certainly disagreeable.