Stop calling them or anyone else stupid or ignorant. Then ignore them. We focus on reaching those who might respond to what we have to say or joing in the actions which we can now mount. Under some condtions (not predictable) some of them will in fact join a left movement which is loud and noisty and doing something, some of them will become fascists. It is not elitist to ignore people who, at present, have no desire to listen to us. It IS elititist to dismiss them as human beings because their lived history is not our ived history. I think this obsession of leftists with the far right (which obsessionwas a pain in thenext back in the'60s too) is unhealthy -- and if I were to indulge in psychology. . .But I really don't understand what pleasure leftists get from the obsession.
Carrol
shag carpet bomb wrote:
>
> At 08:12 PM 2/7/2010, Carrol Cox wrote:
> >How are you going to reply to that Palin supporter?
>
> depends on my mood:
>
> 1. laugh hysterically, roll my eyes, leave the conversation
>
> 2. you mean you think of the u.s. as a representative democracy, which your
> precious founders thought required an informed citizenry, and you aren't
> informed. the founders are rolling in their graves - fershame fershame
> fershame. you embarrass the country. maybe you should go live in ... new
> zealand. (hi bill!)
>
> 3. smile politely. "how about them mets?"
>
> 4. draw them out to find out just what ignorant mushrooms they are, take
> notes, go home, share with others and laugh hysterically at mushrooms in
> comfort of my living room or kitchen.
>
> iow, i really don't see why anyone gives a shit about palin supporters or
> beck supporters or whomever.
>
> but not knowing c-basic and then not spouting off about c-basic as if you
> know c-basic is not what these folks do. they don't read anything and then
> act as if they personally know everything. they don't run around saying,
> "no clue. i'm too busy." those people? who acknowledge they are too busy?
> they are usally apolitical. they not the mushrooms who stand around
> pretending they have klewby4
>
> shag
>
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