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Bosso 63

(992 posts)
11. Yeah, they don't like the President,
Fri Oct 4, 2013, 03:00 PM
Oct 2013

but the more important part of the article is at the end.
The tea party types are delusional, that's no secret, but don't get distracted by the delusion. The important part for me is this line.

"Their alienation is so deep it is close to unbridgeable. And further defeats will make their isolation worse, not better, their anger more, not less, intense."

That kind of distorted thinking can make people commit dangerous acts.
"Dying On This Hill" may be more than a metaphor.



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Good grief...I can't believe "dumbass" made the list. Seriously? dkf Oct 2013 #1
just more projection leftyohiolib Oct 2013 #2
WoW! Stallion Oct 2013 #3
"kniving?" reflection Oct 2013 #4
conniving lol their spelling is so bad its hard to figure out. grantcart Oct 2013 #5
MTE!! "Kniving!" That is just SAD. Says it all, really! anneboleyn Oct 2013 #9
How could they possible deserve respect? dickthegrouch Oct 2013 #6
So, where's "nigger" Spirochete Oct 2013 #7
Exactly LordGlenconner Oct 2013 #8
The Evangelical movement has done irreversible harm to the world. Dawson Leery Oct 2013 #10
Yeah, they don't like the President, Bosso 63 Oct 2013 #11
For gawd's sake! BellaKos Oct 2013 #12
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