Reply #28: Masterfully diplomatic,

[marions ghost]

thoughtful and effective. I hope you send it. Suggest to let go of expectations as to the response however. It is enough that you gave him a civil reply, and that you stood your ground against the nasty radical divisiveness advocated by this book. No use trying to persuade him further if he doesn't respond to the rational approach. You tried. Keep the peace.

Good suggestion by some here--continue to write about your efforts to carry the torch of reason into deepest Fundyland. You may discover some helpful ways to get inside the heads of the hijacked.

I think it's necessary to study the nature of cultism to fathom why otherwise functional, rational people would support "today's Republican party."

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You might appreciate this article:
September 2005, Volume 13 Nr. 8, Issue 176

Dr. Bush and Mr. Hyde:
The Fundamentalist Shadow of George W. Bush

John D. Goldhammer

"Fundamentalists use labels as weapons, dialogue-diverting smokescreens that reveal a lot about their own shadow. For example, they have demonized Liberal Democrats using phrases like “the Liberal elite,” repeated over and over, who they claim are part of some “vast liberal media conspiracy.” In fact, there is an actual conspiracy underway and it is the fundamentalist Christian cult’s shadowy, carefully planned, two-decade-long infiltration and gradual takeover of the Republican Party from the grassroots-up. “Elitism,” in reality, is at the core of the Bush administration’s dark side, especially their pretentious, religious and political elitism."

(more at http://www.metaphoria.org/ac4t0509h.html )