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Self | 7/25/2018 | Paul Rivers

Posted on 07/25/2018 12:40:34 PM PDT by spacewarp

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Sorry for the rant, but I'm just frustrated, and worried that the more they lose, the more dangerous the left is going to try to become and I've got a little girl who is 20 months old, and I want to see her graduate.
1 posted on 07/25/2018 12:40:34 PM PDT by spacewarp
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To: spacewarp

Read “Rules For Radicals” and the Bill Ayers interview that appeared in the 9/11/01 edition (the *early* edition) of the New York Times and you’ll understand.


2 posted on 07/25/2018 12:44:15 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (You Say "White Privilege"...I Say "Protestant Work Ethic")
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It's like when I read in history about Soviet and Nazi beginnings; how they roamed the streets beating and killing dissidents. I used to wonder how that could happen.

It would be a great psychological discovery if scientists could find a way to break people out of such a cult of hate.
3 posted on 07/25/2018 12:46:10 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: spacewarp

Keep your eyes open, and your powder dry.


4 posted on 07/25/2018 12:47:05 PM PDT by TheZMan (I am a secessionist.)
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To: spacewarp

“Money money money
Money money money”

It’s not politics.

It’s not a difference in ideals or beliefs.

It’s about money.

The Democrat leaders make their fortunes pretending to be political.

The Democrat voters hope the Democrat leaders will steal some money for them.


5 posted on 07/25/2018 12:47:24 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: spacewarp

Sorry, you haven’t been on FR long enough to be vetted.


6 posted on 07/25/2018 12:47:53 PM PDT by Sawdring
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"Sorry for the rant, but I'm just frustrated..."

Well, there are probably more productive things you could be doing with your time.

7 posted on 07/25/2018 12:50:24 PM PDT by mlo
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To: spacewarp

Check out the 45 Rules for Taking over America document written by the Communist Party and subject to Congressional hearings in 1963. You will see everything there. The Communists are now known as the Democrat Party.


8 posted on 07/25/2018 12:50:24 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: spacewarp

Are you logged in?


9 posted on 07/25/2018 12:50:37 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain ("Progressivism" is as every kind of evil: it can never create, only corrupt and destroy.)
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I’ve been arguing with ardent English speaking leftists from all over the world since 2005. I’ve learned that reasoning with them usually doesn’t work. In fact, I kinda chuckle when I see a “new” conservative chimes in on one of these threads with the obvious attitude, “Oh, they’re just forgetting this one thing. Once I bring it up they’ll realize they are wrong.” But we all know that is not how it works.

I just like to use phrases like, “The first one to use ad-hominem has lost the argument.” Or, “opinions vary, thanks for sharing.”

Or, “The first one to get emotional has lost the argument.”

A favorite, “Feminists are so cute when they’re mad.”

Those all, in the right circumstances, can be extremely effective. These people are usually not idiots. They reflect about my post and, maybe after sleeping on it, revise their position. But one thing that is fascinating is that when thy actually try to refrain from using ad-hominem, they find they really have no argument and, sometimes, actually change their opinion.

A lot of us conservatives were once leftists. Many of these people are simply on the same journey.

The rest are destined to become gray ponytails. With age, comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.


10 posted on 07/25/2018 12:51:25 PM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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you establishment RINO globalist crony capitalist open borders GOPe bushite uniparty neocon !!!!!!!!


11 posted on 07/25/2018 12:51:34 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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There’s a fascinating book written in 1921 titled, “Public Opinion,” by Walter Lippmann that answers your question. It reads like it was written yesterday. You can download it for free at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSVMG_cVFS4

But the short answer is, people look at the same thing but see something entirely different. He gives several examples you’ll instantly understand.


12 posted on 07/25/2018 12:51:36 PM PDT by Gen.Blather
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There are people who are paid to come to places like Free Republic and screw with Conservatives.


13 posted on 07/25/2018 12:51:38 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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;)


14 posted on 07/25/2018 12:53:01 PM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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Carter Page was just being used as an excuse by using old outdated info to frame their reasons for getting a FISA warrant to spy on the Trump Campaign. he was really immaterial. The warrant was the object, he was just the means.

It could have been anybody that had ever had any contact with a Russian org.................................


15 posted on 07/25/2018 12:53:35 PM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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You have to operate on a couple of basic principles

1) IF you oppose socialism you are the enemy of the left. They will employ any means to discredit you (racist, homophobe etc.

2) EVERYTHING in the media is gaslighting (lying to you to get you to fall in line.)

Once you have idenified these facts, everything else comes into clearer focus.


16 posted on 07/25/2018 12:53:49 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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Sounds like you’re wasting too much time on twitter. It’s almost impossible to persuade a supercilious ingnoramus. Find something more productive to do with your time and try to find more friends and acquaintances who are discriminating, intelligent and knowledgeable. I’m not saying don’t continue your pursuit for the truth. It’s important that you do but it takes effort and eventually you will find trusted source and resources.

Save yourself the aggravation. You will be happier and more content. I promise you.


17 posted on 07/25/2018 12:53:51 PM PDT by be-baw (still seeking...)
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God is still in control. Nothing is surprising Him nor will it ever.


18 posted on 07/25/2018 12:55:57 PM PDT by ealgeone
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It’s really quite simple. The frog was contentedly sitting in the hot tub, maybe thinking that it was getting a bit warm, but hey, it was nice and relaxing.

Then, someone (Trump) came along and poked the frog (electorate), and realizing that it was in danger, more or less, or variations on that them, the frog has attempted to jump out of the pot.

Now, on the other hand, you have the vast, hungry multitudes, who were eagerly waiting to devour that frog, once it was good and cooked, and they’re very upset and disappointed that their dinner may escape before the feast.

(Oh, and what a feast it would be!)

So, given that, they are desperately trying to get the frog back in the pot where it belongs, and to punish that evil person who dared suggest that the frog might have a better life available to it.

That’s it, in a nutshell.

Just be aware - if they ever do succeed in their goals, they are going to slam the lid on that pot, and it is going to become a pressure cooker.

All that being said, what you are noting are various aspects of the psy-ops campaign being waged against both the frog, and the person who suggested that it get out of the pot.

Don’t expect their behavior to change. There are people out there (H, for example) who have spent their entire lives, and significant parts of their fortunes to make this come to pass, so that they can achieve their vision of paradise on earth. They will stop at nothing. If words, and propaganda do not succeed, and we will find out in November if that is the case, then more direct modes of action will be pursued.

You can count on it. They are desperate. A strong and free, united America is anathema to their future world vision.

It may be uncomfortable now, but ... don’t get back in the pot.


19 posted on 07/25/2018 12:56:48 PM PDT by Kommodor (Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
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Revelation 12:12.


20 posted on 07/25/2018 12:57:24 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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