Ohhhh myyyy, we have MUCH more work to do than even I thought!!! On our own [View all]

[niyad]

side, no less.

Last night, I went to our local Drinking Liberally group, with a number of regulars, one former regular, and a newbie. One of the regulars just astounded me going completely off the rails ( in my view, anyway. Not sure if the others saw it quite as starkly as I did.). She started off by saying how Pres. Biden just drove her nuts because he can't talk, can't give a speech, can't seem to think on his feet, looks confused. I pointed out that every one of those statements is a reichwing talking point. She said, "I am not a rightwinger.". I replied, "But you are repeating their talking points. Did you even listen to his State of the Union message?" She didn't even know what I was talking about. Several of the other people also suggested that she google the SOTU. I did not even mention the Valley Forge speech or his D-Day speech.

Her next jaw-dropper was saying that, in her mind, Hunter Biden's case was far more serious than the, in her own words, "itty bitty miniscule" hush money case against #####, and that Hunter deserved a long prison term. And she said that FLOTUS had no business showing up at the trial. The others tried to reason with her, got nowhere.

She had never heard of leonard leo, or the federalist society, or how the handmaid got on the extreme court.

Still later, as we were talking about possible actions after the election, should the awful happen, she asked what would happen if Biden chose to behave like #####, and foment an insurrection. We all pointed out that Biden would not do such a thing. "But what if he does?" she persisted. And how Biden would probably not respond if #### fomented another insurrection.

I kept thinking about a scene in "1776", where Adams is talking to Franklin about how some of the other members are tearing apart Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Independence. He says, "So far, they have struck out 418 words and three paragraphs. And that is just our friends. God knows what the other side will do." (a bit paraphrased)

All this from one person, in one meeting, one who is self-identified as a Dem. I was appalled and frustrated, and sad. How do we address these levels of ignorance and lack of awareness?