Posted on 10/31/2012 12:29:37 AM PDT by neverdem
America's most prominent, dedicated communists support Barack Obama and are actively campaigning on his behalf. If that sentence makes you uncomfortable, then you have two choices: continue reading and face your fear, or stop reading and get back to whatever activities you normally use to drown out disturbing thoughts.
In an age of mass media disinformation and distraction, one expects the politically neutered majority to find the legitimate vocabulary of open political discussion -- freedom, communism, socialism, oppression -- uncomfortable and strange. These words disturb their moral tranquility -- that sense of "no big deal" normalcy that allows them to carry on with everyday activities, unperturbed by the kinds of questions that make prime-time entertainment seem...well, like a waste of time.
Unfortunately, many among the conservative establishment class share this reticence about using the correct words for things. They are squeamish about direct talk, but, being "thoughtful" types, they cannot just turn up the volume on the television and ignore the whole thing. Instead, they apply their sizeable IQs and plentiful degrees to inventing clever arguments to persuade themselves and each other that such talk is antiquated or irrelevant. And then they go on their merry way, offering expert analysis of the Obama presidency without ever once using any of those quaint old words from the supposedly simpler, bygone days.
Fine. If the professional career conservatives want to avoid labeling Obama himself, or any member of his administration or party, with any of those allegedly outdated words -- bless Allen West -- might they at least be willing to allow the true lexicon of "old-fashioned" (i.e., real) political discourse to enter the conversation around the fringes? For example, if a self-defined communist uses a speaking engagement to urge voters to get...
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"What's with all these communists stumping for Obama?"...
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More likely they attracted him or some third party made the match.
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