[moehoward]

"Most Obama worshipers I've talked to about this dictatorship give me a blank stare."

I only know one 'true believer', unfortunately he's my brother. He's unreachable so political conversations are rare, but when they do happen his pat response is, "oh, where'd you hear that?, Fox News?". Never any contrary facts, just that my facts are wrong because of their (wrongly) assumed source.

[fatnotlazy]

I get the race card. If I say anything negative about the king, I must be racist. You're right. There is no counterargument. If they don't have any facts to bolster their argument, they simply vilify and marginalize their opponent. I understand that's a method used by Alinsky.

[Zeneta]

Yep.

It is truly extraordinary how the political discourse has devolved to the extent you described.

It’s everywhere. The conservative message or even the truth is virtually never considered once the “source” of the message is defined as conservative.

When we oppose a particular 0bama/Dem plan or law, the conversation is never about the details of the proposal, because we actually read the thing, it becomes about “Who” is against it, not “What” we are against. It’s all very superficial.

We have been reduced, by the media and the Democrat party, to a culture that puts all of their faith in their leaders to tell them what to think. They defend themselves and their party by ridiculing the source of the opposition as their first line of defense. This has been soo successful over the years that the need to even go to a second line of defense rarely occurs.

In addition, we are now seeing a greater defense of people that are simply ignorant of the issues. Apparently they have the right to have their opinions considered even though they have no clue what they are talking about.

A “Brave New World”, indeed.