don’t like the idea of talking points. the idea takes asway critical thinking skill of those in the media. the fact that conservatives don’t parrot a point of view is the strength that allows us to win the intellectual war... talking points gets rid of the diversity of opinion that infuriates liberals and allows for independent thought on a issue.
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Talking points deal with getting your point across. Our clocks are being cleaned. This isn’t an intellectual war, this is a getting your points out war, with daily commercials.
I disagree with you talking points work short term with people that don’t think through the issues. yes that day you win the propaganda war but what happens long term to the base and when you use talking points. I have watched over the last thirty years as the demacrat party has slowly lost its ability to think critically on issues while republicans mainly conservative have refined this ability. thirty years ago I would of had no problem occasionally voting for a demacrat ( I know sacrilege admitting this on the free republic web site) but to day there is no way that I would because the democrats have so radicalized and lost the ability to think for themselves on issues. within the demacrat party there is a small group that determines what the parties position is and most of them are scared to differ from the orthodoxy of conformity of opinion. having a talking point on a issues for that day might win a a skirmish but in the end it will lose you the war as those who use talking points start to think less for themselves and conform with the orthodoxy with in our own party. it scares me to think the damage that group think could do over a 30 year period.