"Concerned American" writes of his observation of cognitive dissonance en mass at the Atlanta TEA Party he attended. Excerpt:
As I stood listening to the speakers, I kept listening and looking around for any signs (literally and figuratively) that folks actually understood politics in Comrade Barry "We Won" Soetero's America, circa 2009.Read the whole thing. Twice. Then pass it around.
The closest I saw?
One woman I spotted on my way to the transit station holding a sign which simply said, "Peaceful Attempt".
But if I gotten up on stage and said, "Do you understand that by demanding the elimination of socialism from this country -- which you claim to want -- you are implicitly and necessarily demanding the end of
- Social Security;
- Medicare;
- Medicaid;
- the new prescription drug benefit for geezers;
- Federal aid to local schools;
- the deductibility of mortgage interest;
- subsidized student loans; and
- a myriad of other government transfer payments?",
I would have been booed off the stage, at best.
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