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In reply to the discussion: I know this sounds alarmist and I don't want anyone to think I'm some liberal crank pot.... [View all]CaliforniaPeggy
(149,178 posts)28. Good thoughts. You get your filters from being educated, not propagandized.
But we no longer teach our children how to think; instead, we teach them what to think. It is a scary situation.
I do believe that we good thinkers will prevail, but we will have to fight to get this victory.
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I know this sounds alarmist and I don't want anyone to think I'm some liberal crank pot.... [View all]
WCGreen
Oct 2012
OP
I think the GOP are the American Taliban. They put ideology over fact, they have zero regard for
MADem
Oct 2012
#5
I hope you're right. I've seen a lot of "enthusiasm" for the wrong reasons amongst the younger set!
MADem
Oct 2012
#18
You are NOT being alarmist. You should listen to this interview I heard this afternoon...
cui bono
Oct 2012
#10
The only difference I see between the Taliban and the US is that the Taliban is
WCGreen
Oct 2012
#13
Good thoughts. You get your filters from being educated, not propagandized.
CaliforniaPeggy
Oct 2012
#28