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In reply to the discussion: WaPo: Let’s just say it: The Republicans are the problem. [View all]coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)16. My reaction when I read it was to think that it came from the Department
Last edited Sat Apr 28, 2012, 05:51 PM - Edit history (1)
of the Obvious.
There's an epistemological crisis in this country right now, a yawning chasm that no amount of words will bridge. The authors acknowledge it when they write "The GOP has become . . . unmoved by conventional understanding of facts, evidence and science."
So an op-ed piece in the WaPo that states the obvious offers no way out of the box. If you're a crazy RWer who believes the earth is only 6,000 years old and that radiocarbon dating is a Satanic plot to deceive man, no amount of education will change your mind.
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I'll take it! Yea, they're late, but something is assuredly better than nothing. nt
babylonsister
Apr 2012
#2
Finally figuring it out that they want a king and a kingdom to rule.
southernyankeebelle
Apr 2012
#10
Typical WaPo misstatement. Right-wingers are the problem, no matter which party they are in.
saras
Apr 2012
#11
My reaction when I read it was to think that it came from the Department
coalition_unwilling
Apr 2012
#16
Any rebuttal by any GOPper wouldn't strike me as sincere anyway. So it's a wash. n/t
the_chinuk
Apr 2012
#18