a person can go to a meeting with people on the right, and talk, and discuss, BUT, it seems near impossible to do the same with the LEFT. Odd. Are people on the right more open-minded? More willing to share information and beliefs? What accounts for this difference? Yes and yes. One problem with liberals is that THEY KNOW BEST what you should eat, drink, see, say, wear, drive, live in, believe. Another little problem is information. The more people can hear both sides of a debate, and be equipped to understand said debate in the first place, the more likely they will make informed choices. This is anathema to the hard left crowd. For their strategy to succeed, their constituency must be kept ignorant, afraid and unempowered.
Whether the left's control consists of scaring gullible senior citizens over Social Security and Medicare, playing the race card whenever possible, or condoning behavior patterns which keep people tied to welfare, you can be sure that they will maintain that control at all costs. No tactic is too dirty. If they can't control enough people, they will control the ballot boxes and voting precincts. Count on it.
Thank you very much for taking the time to so thoughtfully comment on what I was wondering about here. Your comments seem to echo the complaint made in the campaign manager's letetr, here:
...This neo-Stalinistic approach as to who fits into your liberal progressive tent is breathtaking. Maybe it is you who needs a history (as well as an accuracy)lesson.
Your fury at .... others who are participating in power without your permission, ….show that you are just an unabashed front for the Democratic Party…...
I must say I thought these were very strong words -- highly critical. How can a party maintain its alleged "idealism" when others -- on both sides of the aisle -- associate such party with Stalin?
Thanks again, petuniasevan. I appreciate you taking the time to write your reply and share your thoughts.
"For their strategy to succeed, their constituency must be kept ignorant, afraid and unempowered."
This is why Communism is barely gasping in Vietnam and other places. Now that the international media is available, even a wacko station like CNN delivers much more credible info about freedom than the state run media.