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1 posted on 07/03/2016 12:55:49 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

It’s not stupidity. I got this from an article I read today. I have not checked the veracity of the cited author, but it makes sense:

“In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, nor to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is to co-operate with evil, and in some small way to become evil oneself. One’s standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control.” -—Theodore Dalyrmple on why Communist lies always seem so ridiculous.


2 posted on 07/03/2016 12:58:04 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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To: Kaslin

bttt


4 posted on 07/03/2016 1:05:36 PM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: Kaslin

Yes the Left is stupid, compare philosophies

What’s the basic ultimate goal of Leftist vs Righties?

Left: Get the government to do & give you stuff you are too dumb and/or lazy to do or work to acquire yourself.

Right: Get the government to provide freedom & liberty & security so you can do and/or acquire whatever your desires and ability allow.


5 posted on 07/03/2016 1:13:54 PM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: Kaslin

Leftism IS very stupid. That’s why they can never defend their stupid positions on anything.


6 posted on 07/03/2016 1:16:14 PM PDT by Bullish (Blame others for your failures? Take credits where none are do? Who made you Pharaoh?)
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This episode was yet another that falls into the category “FU, what’re ya gonna do about it America?” that characterizes this administration.


7 posted on 07/03/2016 1:47:08 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: Kaslin

Spot on. Mindless willful ignorance pushed by the left will be our downfall. Lord have mercy.


10 posted on 07/03/2016 2:25:31 PM PDT by vpintheak (Freedom is not equality; and equality is not freedom!)
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To: Kaslin

This is another example of what I call The Double Cover by the Democrat Party.

The Democrat academics lie and confuse and blame others while they steal from students and their parents, but that’s just the first layer of the coverup.

The Democrats realize that their academics might get caught lying and obscuring, so they need another layer of cover.

This is how we get the Academic Egghead and Academic Socialism cover.

The Democrats tell you yes, the academics are lying and obscuring, but that’s just because they are eggheads and socialists.

The second coverup is designed to throw everyone off the trail of looking at where the money in academia goes.

Those professors like their Mercedes and donations to the Democrat Party.


12 posted on 07/03/2016 4:58:34 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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The Leftist academics on campus ridicule, censor, and don’t hire those who disagree with them. This then creates a groupthink environment where Leftism is no longer challenged The Leftists then think that they have won by the superiority of their arguments when, in reality, they have won simply by their thugishness. They live in an artificial cocoon, where they surrounded by syncophant students who want to get a good grade, and by other leftist profs who think the same way, and who would punish any who dare think differently. It is a toxic place for true critical thinking.


13 posted on 07/03/2016 5:27:20 PM PDT by DeweyCA
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To: Kaslin

The left isn't stupid.

Liberalism and liberal leaders reign supreme is this country.

Every institution in America is dominated by the Left. Education. Government from local to federal. Media. Entertainment. Politics. Business.

If the Left is so stupid, then what does that say about us?

15 posted on 07/04/2016 8:53:07 PM PDT by IDontLikeToPayTaxes
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