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Our exchanges reminded me of a 'discussion' my other brother and I had with Dad, a Socialist and closet Communist. Dad and my brother were arguing politics and Dad would spew all the Leftist talking points. Brother would repeatedly shoot them down in flames, time after time, point after point. Dad became increasingly angry. Finally, he just threw up his hands and said, "DAMMIT, stop telling me all these facts! I know what I believe!" I started laughing and Dad whirled on me, "What are YOU laughing at?" I said, "You, Dad. You just said, "My mind's made up, don't confuse me with the facts". Dad gave a "Hrumph!" and stormed into the house.
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In another conversation with Dad he said, "The best thing that could happen is for humanity to go extinct". I got up, walked over to Dad, laid my .45 on his lap and said, "There you go, Dad, go out behind the chicken house and blow your brains out. Lead by example." He didn't, of course. But it, again, exemplified the Socialist mindset, that WE are supposed to die or be enslaved, but not them. NO, NOT THEM! THEY'RE ENLIGHTENED!
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This is what we are up against, total fealty to the desert mirage of Socialism's false hope, promising the moon, then delivering great, heaping mounds of rotten green cheese. Socialism's acolytes neither CAN nor WILL see it for what it always has been and always will be. As I told Lisa, Socialism's true believers KNOW it has never worked, but truly believe, "This time for SURE, WE'RE in charge now".
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They remind me of Jesus' words on the Cross, "Forgive them Father for they know not what they do".
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Or, "There are none so blind as those with eyes who will not see and none so deaf as those with ears who will not hear".
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Or, as Jesus also said, "When you meet a man who will not listen, shake the dust from your feet and move on down the road".
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Or, as Limbaugh says, "You cannot argue with them. All you can do is defeat them."
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Mike suggested that I "give it time". That would be great IF we had time. We don't! We are in the fight of our lives, a fight that will ultimately make the Civil War look like a skirmish.
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Unbeknownst to my sister, I used her as a palate to paint, for you, a true picture of Socialism's true believers and their blind fealty to its false hope forever chasing that desert mirage. I hope I succeeded.