Reply #14: It's taking a long time to shift gears, and grasp this reality

[Kanary]

You're right, KoKo, as Dennis was so long ago.

He was dismissed as "unelectable", so his ideas weren't even known, let alone considered.

So, a few of us come along now, when things are blowing up over there (and looking worse by the minute), and the idea is so firmly planted that we have to "stay the course" (freeper mantra), or "clean up our mess" (Dem mantra) that the gears are grinding just trying to grasp another view.

This being DU, when people are shifting from one view to another, there are many who will attack first, and ask questions later.

I've pointed a few to that thread about how our soldiers are surrounded, to help them understand there's NO Way Out of this mess now, except to just get out. But, it takes a bit for the cells to grasp it.

It's frustrating for those of us who are used to this idea, see the horrible situation that is brewing, and can't stand the idea of one more day of killing. For us, it's an emotional thing that we want the obvious end to come now, not thousands of deaths later.

I hear ya.

Kanary