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"no, you're wrong and this is why" ... (Original Post)
kpete
Jun 2014
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Shandris
(3,447 posts)1. It's true, but what other choice do we have?
I see some people doing the "Educate yourself!" thing, but if that were a useful proposition, then people wouldn't be in the position to be told that in the first place.
I know the goal is to wear us down and win through attrition (see "Outside the Wall", Pink Floyd), but unless someone has a revolutionary new strategy I'm unaware of, we have to engage on those terms.
Egnever
(21,506 posts)2. Maybe but.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing...
kpete
(71,963 posts)3. ? from the link that interested me was:
Why is dismantling BS so labor intensive relative to BS-birthing?"
a relevant ? for our time, mho
peace,
kp
a relevant ? for our time, mho
peace,
kp
Egnever
(21,506 posts)4. seems pretty straightforward
BS can be pulled from thin air, facts require some sort of verification.
Louisiana1976
(3,962 posts)5. If a Republican's lips are moving it's b.s.
baldguy
(36,649 posts)6. What I keep saying.