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The Left-Right Divide Is About Reality Itself
Townhall.com ^ | November 5, 2019 | Dennis Prager

Posted on 11/05/2019 3:49:26 AM PST by Kaslin

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To: \/\/ayne

Always with the call for Compromise. The”Progressives” ask for it all, take half then Come back at a later date for the other half
The Republicans give us tax cuts but don’t cut spending. So we still have to pay the freight for higher deficits
Still “ The Flight 93 Election”. Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up


21 posted on 11/05/2019 5:30:14 AM PST by griswold3 (Democratic Socialism is Slavery by Mob Rule)
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To: eartick

Yep. When we allowed the GOP to stop caring about social issues because it was too uncomfortable for them, we gave up the culture to the left.


22 posted on 11/05/2019 5:33:53 AM PST by Phillyred
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To: Kaslin

“The left is evil”.....who believe that the right is evil........and are out to destroy us - in any way possible......with an overwhelming sense of self-righteousness in so doing......


23 posted on 11/05/2019 5:34:12 AM PST by Arlis
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To: rlmorel

BULLS-EYE!!!!! THE REAL HEART OF THE MATTER!

Thank you......

Why everything else is dealing with symptoms - and only addressing the root cause will work.......


24 posted on 11/05/2019 5:37:00 AM PST by Arlis
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To: Kaslin

bump


25 posted on 11/05/2019 5:37:03 AM PST by foreverfree
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To: Kaslin
That last bit about men menstruating was particularly disturbing, because the audience and panel refused to even acknowledge what was right in front of them (to paraphrase Daniel Patrick Moynihan-you are entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts).

This is why we could see civil unrest. Because at some point it becomes a question of survival.

26 posted on 11/05/2019 5:47:48 AM PST by Tench_Coxe
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To: Kaslin

The fool believes the wise man is a fool.


27 posted on 11/05/2019 5:56:06 AM PST by lurk
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To: bert

I disagree with you, bert. I hope we can disagree and discuss this in a civil manner.

The key here is that I do not view all liberals as Leftists, and I suspect that you do.

I do agree that many “liberals” ARE enemies, but I also recognize that people change, often with time or circumstances.

Many of the most staunch conservatives I know have held a degree of liberal views at some point in their lives, most often when they were young and/or inexperienced. Some of those “liberal” views are minor in comparison, some are very liberal, but many people have entertained them at some time.

But as many of us journey through college, get a job, get married, raise children, and pay taxes, our views change. We mature. And that maturity process happens at different times for different people. But it does happen, hence the old saw about “If you aren’t a liberal at the age of 18, you have no heart. If you aren’t a conservative at the age of 40, you have no brain.”

Point is, many “liberals” are not committed Leftists, and I won’t damn them for what they are or were. I watched a video on Trump in 1999 when he went on the Jay Leno show, and he advocated taxing the rich. I winced, because that is a Leftist and class warrior viewpoint. But that isn’t who Trump is today, thank God.

Never mind Ronald Reagan, who has said he held what we call “liberal” views on many things earlier in his life, but in his case, The Democrat party began moving further and further to the left until it left him behind and he made his transition.

Likewise, I won’t treat liberals as my enemy until they demonstrate to me they have made the transition from Liberal to Leftist. I wan’t to give them a chance.

However, it has been my painful experience that Leftists, especially committed ones, rarely change. And I do view them as enemies.


28 posted on 11/05/2019 5:59:23 AM PST by rlmorel (Finding middle ground with tyranny or evil makes you either a tyrant or evil. Often both.)
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To: Prolixus

The left is about joining the crowd and repeating the mantras that maximize social status.

They couldn’t care less if the mantras are lies.


29 posted on 11/05/2019 6:03:02 AM PST by cgbg (The Democratic Party is morphing into the Donner Party)
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To: rlmorel

At present, “liberals” are guilty by association. They are in effect accessories to the progressive conspiracy to overthrow the government. They all have dirty hands


30 posted on 11/05/2019 6:12:34 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: Kaslin
The divide is no longer left vs right. That was yesterday's political war. The divide now is nationalist vs globalists.
31 posted on 11/05/2019 6:17:05 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: \/\/ayne

“Conservatives” seem to be in love with legal immigration and virtue signal about ALL THE TIME. To me legal immigration is killing us just as much as illegal immigration. Importing more socialists is a bad bad thing. Which is why I no longer call myself a “Conservative”, I am a nationalist.


32 posted on 11/05/2019 6:20:23 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

What about immigrants from countries that are explicitly anti-socialist? Taiwan, for instance.


33 posted on 11/05/2019 6:30:40 AM PST by FormerFRLurker (Keep calm and vote your conscience.)
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To: sauropod

The ultimate guage of reality is the Creator’s perspective. Get some (perspective). It has been easily accessible all the time through the senses and verified by scripture. Unfortunately when a person is so far gone the only thing to bring them back to their senses is physical pain. Some never come back from being crazy and have to be put away.


34 posted on 11/05/2019 6:39:01 AM PST by conservativeimage (A Time For War?)
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To: FormerFRLurker
What about immigrants from countries that are explicitly anti-socialist? Taiwan, for instance.

What about them?

Here are some especially intriguing numbers: According to the National Election Pool (NEP) exit polls sponsored by the major media outlets, 65 percent of Asian Americans voted for Hillary Clinton and 29 percent voted for the victor, Donald Trump. The figures on Latinos are identical: 65 percent and 29 percent.

Link here

Stop being a fool.

35 posted on 11/05/2019 6:40:17 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

I think you will find that “Asians” and “Hispanics” mostly originated in socialist-leaning or full-socialist countries (India, most of South and Central America).

Those that came here as victims of socialism/communism (Taiwanese, South Koreans, South Vietnamese, Venezuelans, etc) comprise a very small minority of the two categories.


36 posted on 11/05/2019 7:05:03 AM PST by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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To: Kaslin

Thermometers don’t matter models do. Those with XX chromosomes can be men those with XY women. Nothing good has changed culturally for women since the 50’s. Unborn children are just tissue that can be removed like an enflamed appendix or infected tonsils. The US is a human rights nightmare, but Cuba is a workers paradise. Islam is a peaceful, feminist religion. I could go on, but...


37 posted on 11/05/2019 7:07:30 AM PST by redangus
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To: Kaslin

Venezuela, Cuba, Russia, China, etc. - all examples of failed socialistic/communist societies. The Left thinks they failed because it wasn’t implemented and sustained properly.

Einstein said: “Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over, and expecting different results.” Therefore, Democrats/Socialists/Communists are insane.


38 posted on 11/05/2019 7:08:30 AM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: rlmorel

You are talking about some of the younger members of my family. When I tell them about personal experience that don’t fit their worldview I’m told that’s my mythology.


39 posted on 11/05/2019 7:12:41 AM PST by redangus
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To: rlmorel

Truer words have not been spoken. Been saying the same for years. The Left is ideological and intellectually lazy.


40 posted on 11/05/2019 7:15:05 AM PST by redangus
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