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Jackpine Radical

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13. well, SOME of us can handle the truth.

Reply to tridim (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 5, 2013, 10:52 AM

Jul 2013

The same ones who saw through the WMD, who opposed NAFTA, who understood what happened to Gore 2000 & Kerry 2004…

As for the rest of us, I tend to think of them as being stuck at a developmental stage where they require certainty & a belief that Daddy/God/Generalized Authority knows best. They're gonna be what they are until we figure out some way to help them progress through more stages of cognitive & moral development.

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Eugene Robinson: "I Just Wish Our Government Would Stop Lying - We Can Handle The Truth" [View all] kpete Jul 2013 OP

du rec. xchrom Jul 2013 #1

I agree, but I don't agree that "we can handle the truth"... tridim Jul 2013 #2

well, SOME of us can handle the truth. Jackpine Radical Jul 2013 #13

Correction: We'd be outraged if we knew the truth. HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #26

Agree completely --we are treated like children by the govt marions ghost Jul 2013 #3

That was a good read...and hopefully other's will pick up on what he says.. KoKo Jul 2013 #7

Most people ARE children skepticscott Jul 2013 #8

Eugene, ''handling the truth......'' DeSwiss Jul 2013 #4

ummm, no...not really, if the "government' told the truth and it wasn't as bad as the MSM said it wa uponit7771 Jul 2013 #5

??? heaven05 Jul 2013 #6

Thanks for the post, kpete, and thank you Mr. Robinson! flpoljunkie Jul 2013 #9

What the NSA really thinks about FISA and warrants within the US The Straight Story Jul 2013 #10

Eugene is wrong. kentuck Jul 2013 #11

The issue isn't really whether we can handle the truth. It's whether the NSA can. winter is coming Jul 2013 #12

That's it. LuvNewcastle Jul 2013 #15

Google Peterloo AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #19

Thanks for the suggestion. LuvNewcastle Jul 2013 #21

I find this statement very incomplete. rhett o rick Jul 2013 #14

"The consent of the governed is not consent if it is not informed." Eddie Haskell Jul 2013 #16

K & R ctsnowman Jul 2013 #17

Try lying to your spouse and see how long it takes to regain trust. Does the gov think... L0oniX Jul 2013 #18

Protections for Free Speech should only encompass the truth dickthegrouch Jul 2013 #20

This is the time to stop lying felix_numinous Jul 2013 #22

Actually looking over some of the reactionary posts here Rex Jul 2013 #23

The latest polls show that 70% of Americans don't care about this issue. Major Hogwash Jul 2013 #24

If that was true you'd post a link but it's not so you don't. Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #25

Tsk. Racist. tblue Jul 2013 #27

He approves of Pole-dancing. Kurovski Jul 2013 #28

HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Jul 2013 #29