I went over to the freep side to get their viewpoint. (shudder)

Don't go there. They think he is (are you ready?) STRONG! They think he is smacking the press down. They think everyone else is lying, and that things are really going well in Iraq, and that Rumsfield is the best thing since sliced bread. The economy is doing well, and they know this because Rush is telling them so every day (that's a quote, by the way).

Oh, and they really love Bush. As in LOVE.

Folks, I hate to tell you this, and maybe I'm just the last person on the planet to realize it, but there is no compromise with these people. I can only assume undiagnosed personality disorders combined with stupidity; maybe a little brainwashing via the radio?

This is what a lack of critical thinking causes: STUPIDITY. They honestly can't see any point of view other than their own, and they are INCAPABLE of admitting things might not be as they WANT them to be.

You can joke about kool-aid, but its worse than that. Its ... dumb. Its ... willful ignorance. Its a refusal to deal with reality because reality isn't the way they want it to be.

These are the people who will start wars over the color of a person's skin, the shape of their nose, or any other stupid ass reason they can come up with, including religion and the "proper" way to worship a deity.

Hugs, please. I have seen a portion of our future, and I'm scared.

:scared:

which means he looked like a total ass again.

reply to Helen Thomas. They really do despise her.

And many Germans loved Hitler. And at least 1 or 2 people loved Stalin. :evilgrin:

Honestly, when you go the Bushlover magnet, what do you expect to see there?

at the press conference, to be honest, I was gleefully looking for some "oh, good heavens -- the horror!" type posts. I even had a post all ready titled "the freepers are revolting" because there were a couple on the first page talking about how Hannity isn't making sense lately, and how lucky Bush is that David Gregory isn't going to be there. And then it just got UGLY....

(whimper)

don't ever go there again. You won't miss it.

w/reality about how perverted they are again in a few months. Sigh.

Do you think if their deity Rush goes away they will wake up?

if Limbaugh one day decides to shuffle off this mortal coil, I really do think people will begin to wake up and wonder what the heck happened to them. The kind of delusions he spreads need constant confirmation -- I bet Dittoheads start feeling ansty and confused after a few days without listening, and have to go back and get a hit of Rush to get the hate running again.

I don't think they are wake-upable. (Sorry for butchering the language).

I think some people are willfully delusional. They want what they want and reality be damned.

Sadly, this is an affliction of extremists that does not know party lines. It happens at both ends of the political spectrum and must be recognized and eradicated by more sensible people.

Feeling passionate about ideas is one thing. Denying reality (something comprised of verifiable facts) is another. Delusional people cannot be reasoned with and it's a waste of time to try.

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That all being said/ranted...kudos to you for wandering into delusion land and coming back intact. :toast:

of watching that compound burn on live tv. So sad. So senseless.

They refuse to see the truth because if they did, it would bring their entire world view crashing down. They prefer to be comfortable in their ignorance.

still believe that Saddam personally flew both of the planes that hit the WTC.

And that somehow this will cause straight people to get divorced. The streets will run with lava and Nazis will be riding dinosaurs.

Why did I just get a mental image of Hannity riding Lieberman piggyback?

:hug:

Freepers are really scary people. :scared:

The general ignorance of the freeper is scary thing to witness

who will pwotect the little wooza-woozas fwom all the big scary boogeymen out there.

you have to expect that not everyone will see the light. If we broke into civil war, someone has to be cannon fodder.

again, with people like this at about 25% of our population.

Maybe they will all decide to move to an island off the coast called "LaLaLand."

if we should ever get our government back, they will suddenly be screaming for accountability. They already parrot the media demand that Democrats have answers for the disasters the GOP has brought. Does it ever occur to anyone to hold the GOP accountable first?

which is why I always tire of people demanding we go "enlighten" the fundies. Ain't gonna happen.
There comes a point where the victim of brainwashing is supplying their own brainsoap.
Nothing you can do, then, except to wait for them to run out of soap.

kool-aid, if that helps. Some repugs are definitely having buyers' remorse.

You don't know where those people have been!

...that there is no compromise with people like this, they will kill woman, children, cats, dogs, and any other living creature to protect their world view.

They are dangerous and along with the fundamentalists, they are an enemy that has to be destroyed.

Totally, utterly, and completely, because locking them away would be wrong!!!!!

unpleasant truth. They have relinquished reason for blind faith.

If you refuse to face reality, does it change reality?

when the excrement hits the ventilator, and Bush is totally incapable of doing anything about it, they'll still believe in him. They'll believe in him as they starve to death as they lose their jobs and can't get food as the economy collapses. They'll shoot each other as they argue over the little bits of stuff left.

Meanwhile, the mystics and liberals in the hills will live together and share what they have, and will survive.

To history's dustbin with them.

(A little faster, please.)

Hint: they are cranky, crybabies.
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Remember the whiny, insecure kid in nursery school, the one who always thought everyone was out to get him, and was always running to the teacher with complaints? Chances are he grew up to be a conservative.

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The confident, resilient, self-reliant kids mostly grew up to be liberals.

Soylent Green is Republicans! It's made from REPUBLICANS!

BLECHH!!!

and ketchup (it's a vegetable, you know) it might be edible.

That the Freepers will likely never come around. There are not enough brain cells left to salvage. It will likely take another Jim Jones "drink the punch" episode to restore balance.

These religious zealots depend on weak-minded people to do their bidding and provide support. Once the ability to think for themselves has been removed, very little can be done.

Is not a "PURDY" sight!

It's a cult of know-nothing nutjobs.

Thanks for looking "over there" so we don't have to! :toast:

talking to tme; they will NOT, ever, learn to think for themselves.

When I go to the local bar for lunch, I know exactly what Rush Limpballs said that morning, because the RWers in the crowd are always repeating it to each other.

Redstone

Much like the rootin' tootin', quick shootin', Fightin' Fuhrer, infesting the White House.

It's true. Ignorance is one thing; you can't FIX STUPID!

Bake

Even if the treasonous truths about Bush and his hinchmen are uncovered, these dumbasses will refused to admit that Bush is nothing less than a Hero. These are the same idiots who will continue to drive in the wrong direction even when maps and compasses tell them they're going the wrong way - they'd rather continue down the opposite path than admit they're wrong.