Old Communist.
I hear the sound of a nail being hit squarely on its head. If conservative beliefs are so fragile that they cannot withstand the onslaught of opposing views, then I could see why it would be undesireable to post opinions from "the other side." I like to think that this is not the case.
My observation (based, admittedly, on a very limited sample size) is that the threads and posters who are flushed down the thought hole are not mostly leftist, but rather representative of the "old right" who are criticising the current administration for not being conservative enough.
The prevalent dogma here is that the Emperor's clothes are exceedingly fine.
Notice also that mention is made of the "flame warriors." Even when the party line is pretty much observed, there is a significant number of people who substitute abuse for argument. Honestly, I would love to see these types in a real face-to-face debate with the opposition from either right or left.
(Old, and current, Monarchist)
If the above post was an example of your illustrious thoughts, I'm AFRAID you're not going to CHANGE anybody's mind about ANYTHING.
An interesting name to use, when posting to a Conservative venue, dedicated to the preservation of traditional American values.
Of course, Nazis were the ideological first cousins of Communists, however the two groups used each other as convenient foils to manipulate the thinking of the susceptible sorts that each targetted respectively. (See The Lies Of Socialism.) You make no point, at all, calling us Nazis--those are your "friends," not ours. (Ever see the pictures of just how comfortable Uncle Joe and the Fuerhrer were together in their early 1939 meeting?)
For the rest of those following this thread: It is a shame that this has to be repeatedly reposted. The little nasty doctrinal wars that some would rather pursue with other Conservatives or Libertarians, than actually engage the enemy--those who would destroy the fundamentals of traditional America--why don't you pause long enough to consider how much energy gets wasted, trying to force the individualistic types on our side to all see the battle the same way? We lose, because we deal with an enemy that is always willing to make narrow alliances of the moment, to advance a broad agenda. When we are too snooty to make common cause even with those on our side with whom we may disagree on other issues, we place ourselves in an impossible position.
And this goes no less for those who feel that they somehow impress the uncommitted by trying to police the committed, by applying nasty labels to them. It simply does not work that way. With a little more tolerance among ourselves, we would be much more likely to reach the uncommitted.
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