okie wrote:blatham wrote: ..... We ought to note that Okie forwarded this same vector a couple of weeks past. One would like to know where he bumped into the idea.
I bumped into the idea in my own mind, blatham, after watching the last few years of politics. This is not rocket science. The Clintons have practiced this to a fine tuned science their entire political careers. Good grief, blatham, where have you been? These are not honest people you are dealing with here. They are politically ruthless, and they know what they want, and they will go for it in any way they think they can obtain it, and get by with it, and anyone opposing them should just be aware of it.
It seems that the judgmental, prejudiced, self-appointed, moral superior types don't believe you (or any of us with a different point of view) are capable of cognitive thought and drawing our own conclusions, Okie, or else we would think like they do.
While any possible failing on the right is rightfully magnified and thoroughly aired with sanctimonious, righteous indignation, any criticism or exploration of negatives on their side is deemed to be racist and/or a scurilous motive to plant negative images in the minds of the people who presumably are also unable to think for themselves.
It makes it really difficult to have any kind of discussion about anything. But the phenomenon is always fascinating to watch.
I think Phoenix's observation is right on target however. It is only by putting it all out there and being willing to weigh all the pros and cons that people will be able to see the situation as it is, draw their own conclusions, and reject the garbage.