I understand what you’re saying - but conservatives keep playing into the hands of the liberals, playing to their strengths, which is not smart strategy...and we keep doing it, then we all get distracted by arguing why whatever was said shouldn’t be important in the larger scope of things.
Bundy was actually building steam in that locomotive, and then he shot a hole in the boiler.
Conservative keep playing to the liberal’s strength, handing them the very weapons they use to defeat us, over and over again. Talking about race in a fight over grazing rights is just foolish. Conservatives would be better to say simply, as I have been, that was a stupid move, it only takes focus away from the issue....AND GO BACK TO THE ISSUE. But we get caught up in defending the diversionary statement.
Watch the liberals, they never get off message. They keep pounding and pounding and pounding. But they easily get the conservatives off message because we tend to equate the messenger and the message. Bundy did a dumb thing. I’m not afraid to point it out, while still stating clearly that he was right in his case against BLM. Now I think I understand why he has lost in court each time. His court loses don’t help his case either, and I believe if he had been making the right case - like the Hages did - he would have won - like the Hages did.
The only reason moronic liberals have strengths is that conservatives haven’t been willfull enough. The reason for this is understandable: conservatives have a natural humility because they understand the limits of human knowledge. Unfortunately we are up against an ideology that doesn’t understand such limits, and so we must go against our natural instincts in order to counter it. This is a risky proposition that takes us outside of our comfort zone but we must do it in order to be effective against this particular adversary. Our progeny will thank us for taking the risk and making the effort.
Democrats don't get off message because the Democrat party is a 'top down' bunch of thugs - they don't allow people to think for themselves.
How do I know that?
When a journalist is at a Tea Party gathering ANYONE can be interviewed. When a journalist is at an "Occupy' or other 'liberal' protest the journalist must talk to the spokesperson. No one is allowed to speak... without permission. It's the true 'stupid' party...
They could run idiots and hand them talking points to read... that's about as much intellect as it takes to be a democrat.