So MFW (My Favorite Wingnut) sends me an email asserting that Obama is a socialist or communist.

[Jackpine Radical]

My reply was as follows:


That is a statement endorsed unanimously by two types of people:

1) Those who have no idea of what a socialist or communist actually is,
and
2) Those who find it useful to rely on the ignorance of those who meet criterion 1.

[salin]

1. great response... may I steal it?

Don't encounter many such statements - but that is a really, really great response.

[Salviati]

2. The follow up question is then:

"So which are you, a rube or a liar?"

[Jackpine Radical]

3. I think that is sufficiently implied.

And I consider ad hominem attacks to be counterproductive. This guy, believe it or not, is a friend. That is still possible in this insanely pathological society.

[Salviati]

5. True, not a question that one needs to explicitly spell out to a friend, or friendly acquaintance...

and I hear you about the pathological society, it can be tough for people to break out of the bubble of propaganda. I've got a few in my own family, and I still love them like the rest of my family, though thankfully they're not immediate reletives.

[theoldman]

4. Jesus and his disciples were communist.

There is nothing wrong with communism unless it takes the form of a country's government.

[Demeter]

6. I'd be happy if he was more than a nominal Democrat

We don't need DINOS in the White House.