Preach It!
“Concerned American” writes of his observation of cognitive dissonance en mass at the Atlanta TEA Party he attended. Excerpt:
As I stood listening to the speakers, I kept listening and looking around for any signs (literally and figuratively) that folks actually understood politics in Comrade Barry “We Won” Soetero’s America, circa 2009.
The closest I saw?
One woman I spotted on my way to the transit station holding a sign which simply said, “Peaceful Attempt”.
But if I gotten up on stage and said, “Do you understand that by demanding the elimination of socialism from this country — which you claim to want — you are implicitly and necessarily demanding the end of
– Social Security;
– Medicare;
– Medicaid;
– the new prescription drug benefit for geezers;
– Federal aid to local schools;
– the deductibility of mortgage interest;
– subsidized student loans; and
– a myriad of other government transfer payments?”,I would have been booed off the stage, at best.
Read the whole thing. Twice. Then pass it around.