Treat the Tea Party Like the Addicts They Are

[kpete]

Treat the Tea Party Like the Addicts They Are
by BooMan
Tue Sep 24th, 2013 at 11:40:19 AM EST

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..............The way to treat Tea Partiers is the way you would treat a drug addict. Realize that you didn't cause their craziness, you can't cure their craziness, and you can't control their craziness. All you can do is establish that you have zero-tolerance for their bullshit and lay out consequences for them if they keep mainlining excrement. And then you need to get out of their way and let them figure things out for themselves.

Judd Gregg thinks that he can talk sense to these addicts if he grants them half their insanity. That's like telling a junkie that it's okay for him to abuse alcohol as long as he stays away from the smack. That won't work. These people need some tough love and a 12-step program.

Their brains have been marinated in weaponized bullshit for so long that they don't know how to function without it. They can't be reasoned with until they've been right-wing media-free for at least 90 days. They probably need an inpatient treatment program that has no televisions or radios, and no email, either.

You can't shame them. Begging won't work. Anger won't work. Negotiating won't work. Guilt won't work. Fear won't work. Pretending you're their best friend won't work. You might as well stop being in denial about it and realize that only forcing them to own up to their problem is going to get them to begin on the road of recovery.


The Rest:
http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2013/9/24/114019/542

[cutroot]

1. Willful ignorance is the worst kind

They have to keep doubling down in order to attempt to recoup their loss of sanity. It has begun to require a huge amount of twisting to maintain their pretzel logic.