Reply #8: Great post [View All]

[Elidor]

I look at our society today and am reminded of the bitter hatred between conservatives and progressives in Colombia's civil wars. If the current demonization of liberals continues, I wonder how far down that ugly road we will travel before Americans realize where we are. The ugly truth is, our society is currently being manipulated by that 23% with a power out of all relation to their small numbers and extremist agendas. They have already dragged us surprisingly far down the road to totalitarianism.

And if we're not careful, they'll drag us down to their level. Someone around here used to have a sig line: Never argue with an idiot - they'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. The same thing goes for engaging True Believers. We need to confront them in the media and in public, and hold them up for derision as the psycho/sociopaths they are. We need to bust their chops in the court of public opinion. We need to hang their failures around their necks and remind them of it constantly. We should preface every conversation with conservatives with the statement, "Now that you guys have fucked up the war, the environment, and the economy, you really want us to believe that you know what the hell you're doing? About anything?" We need to bell the cat.