At least Pikes tries to make it SOUND like he has a reason not to care what Gruber said -- "context".

He can't substantiate it, or explain it, but at least he's trying.

YOU, on the other hand, don't care that you were lied to repeatedly, and that your stupidity was what they were counting on. As long as you got what you wanted, you don't care that they called you stupid, and laughed at your stupidity, and got legislation passed by making it intentionally -- INTENTIONALLY -- impossible to understand.

What's it like to have ZERO self-esteem?

[ that was rhetorical -- please don't embarrass yourself any more by trying to explain ]