And easier to teach goats to surf
Keep up the good work Doc
Clint on the subject: Eastwood Reloaded (for bear)
While I applaud your zeal in trying to educate your Liberal Facebook "friends", I'd point out that it's like trying to teach a pig to sing: it won't work and it irritates the pig.
I've just about given up myself. In my medical practice in the Washington suburbs I come in contact occasionally with seemingly bright, educated open-minded blacks, upper level government employees for the most part.
If they seem the slightest bit interested, I'll sometimes try to inform them of the facts demonstrating the ongoing and inevitable destruction of their and everyone else's health care system by Obamacare.
However, as soon as they recognize that an Obama policy is being criticized, I can see their intellect and curiosity cease and they immediately assume a defensive posture, sometimes mildly hostile. Not one that I have tried to educate ever has seemed to care enough to break through the barrier of their "team loyalty".
Even when the issue is framed as critical to the future health of themselves and their loved ones, the message falls on deaf ears.
If these are their best and the brightest, it's probably hopeless with the rest.
Yup. Funny enough, I am an attorney and most of my collegues HATE obama w a passion. At least the ones i deal with.
As for democrats - they are disgusting and vile. I actually have a few defending QE3 on my board. They will defend ANYTHING that the democrats do.
Were they white, that would be called racist.
Good thing all the melanin-enhanced folks are immune to racism.
...”While I applaud your zeal in trying to educate your Liberal Facebook “friends”, I’d point out that it’s like trying to teach a pig to sing: it won’t work and it irritates the pig.
I’ve just about given up myself. In my medical practice in the Washington suburbs I come in contact occasionally with seemingly bright, educated open-minded blacks, upper level government employees for the most part.
If they seem the slightest bit interested, I’ll sometimes try to inform them of the facts demonstrating the ongoing and inevitable destruction of their and everyone else’s health care system by Obamacare.
However, as soon as they recognize that an Obama policy is being criticized, I can see their intellect and curiosity cease and they immediately assume a defensive posture, sometimes mildly hostile. Not one that I have tried to educate ever has seemed to care enough to break through the barrier of their “team loyalty”.
Even when the issue is framed as critical to the future health of themselves and their loved ones, the message falls on deaf ears.
If these are their best and the brightest, it’s probably hopeless with the rest”...
Just keep on trying to open their blind eyes, Doc, and just keep feeding wisdom to these folks..If you can save even one, your efforts will have been worth the trouble. These are mostly good folks..They just can’t see past their racism to the future for their children..Their kids are not going to be happy in a post-free society. Once the powers-that-be use them, they will be tossed under the bus, but for a very select few. The other scenario is that a more determined and industrious people will take them over and they will be the losers for not bonding honestly and non-racially, with ALL their fellow citizens in 2012. To gain knowledge, one gathers facts, figures and experience. To gain wisdom, one has to studiously consider those facts, figures and experience to come to a moral decision about a life which does the least harm to self and others. Those who are puppets on a string never advance morally in life. May I introduce you to the American media and their puppet followers who damage each and every American each and every day of their lives.
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Doc, I HEAR you! I get the same reaction from people in the music industry and CHURCH, of all places.
And easier to teach goats to surf
Keep up the good work Doc
Clint on the subject: Eastwood Reloaded (for bear)