I don’t see a way to break out of this unless conservatives discover a new way to communicate, but I don’t know if there is one. Liberalism is simplistic and promising of plenty. Conservatism requires thought, knowledge of history, self-reliance and self-discipline. I think that God or nature, take your pick, has a way of reminding us in painful ways of the lessons we’ve failed to learn in the past.

My motto is “Freedom is not the same as Independence; the latter is the only way to keep the former.” I am not independent of God, or even of other people as much as I would wish to be. I don’t think that we should all live like the Unabomer, but we should all recognize that the benefits we derive from society are only assured so long as we can terminate the contract. I think we’re coming closer to a point where America is bankrupt, and the rest of the world sees itself as our creditors, despite what we may have done for them in the past.

Instead of apologizing and mollifying their irritations, we should have stated principle and stuck to it. By electing Obama, we have confessed to the world that we didn’t really mean what George W. Bush said we stood for.

“They have no choice but to throw insults and sputter incoherently because they are unable to process truth, facts, and proof.”

Yes.

Processing truth, facts, and proof takes effort and time. Just holding and projecting an opinion is simple.

I appreciate the posts of those (including yourself) who have the ability to discuss, explain, cite, etc. in addition to the columns themselves.

Thank God the internet allows for citizens to join the daily conversation (at least until WonderMan’s internet czar comes up with a rationale for stopping us).

For some of us, this is our first foray into political debate and therefore the greater skill and experience shown by many of you is acknowledged and appreciated.

It’s the same in the Democratic party today – your typical working stiff, who votes D because they are liberal (with a lower case “l”) still think of the Democratic party as the party of and for the people. They aren’t aware that many Democratic politicians also belong to the Democratic Socialists of America Party.

They are also unaware of the incredible influence unions have over this party. They are also unaware of the influence of people like George Soros.

The average American citizen, Democrat and Republican, get their information from the MSM. And we all know the MSM uses a very fine filter when it comes to releasing accurate and pertinent information. But we can’t go around and call our fellow citizens ignorant, as this is insulting.

No one likes to be “had” and perhaps this is the best approach to educating the masses. “You’ve been had – you’re being used as a voting tool and nothing more.”

We see proof of this brainwashing right here in PJ, with some of the caustic and repugnant responses rendered by a few readers. They have no choice but to throw insults and sputter incoherently because they are unable to process truth, facts, and proof. As the one video described, they have had their perception of reality so radically altered by the influence of the P.C. crowd (the Marxist academia, Hollywood, and the MSM), that they are no longer able to discern truth from reality.

It’s sad. If I found out I was being duped and used the way the Modern Liberals are using people who just want to be fair-minded, I’d be mad as hell. And perhaps this explains why some of the respondents in these threads are so verbally abusive: the constant struggle to maintain the lie of Modern Liberalism is at odds with their own natural instincts. Cognitive dissonance.

You won’t even find most of those academic Marxists calling themselves Marxists. I WAS WARNED by a few of them, plus a few activist types, not to call myself a Marxist or socialist. I was told, in plain terms, to refer to myself as either a “progressive” or a liberal so as not to scare people off. In fact, today almost none of these people will openly admit who and what they are.

Just like taqiyya-spewing Muslims, the Marxists believe in deception to advance their cause. For the record, I refused to take their advice.

So, even among the working class types, Bilgeman, there are going to be a lot of people who believe in Marxist ideas but would never think of themselves as Marxists, much less refer to themselves as such. But the influence from academia is unmistakable. You just have to open up the hood and look around inside. You’ll find it.

It is only by stealth that they make their largest political gains.