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TheKentuckian

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31. You forget these folks believe in a delusional ideology that has a long track record of failure.

Reply to JEFF9K (Reply #28)

Sun Jul 20, 2014, 01:08 PM

Jul 2014

and that on a lot of shit they are most wrong about, we have also accepted into "the big tent" and offer no solution for or if there is a solution buried in their that it is so nuanced and diluted that many will gloss right over it.

They'll just tell you they are right on low taxes, free trade, foreign policy, immigration, abortion, gays, guns, and small government.

You will be stuck agreeing but with some nuance some of which will be on faith and essentially arguing with their distorted interpretation of their "religion".

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You forget these folks believe in a delusional ideology that has a long track record of failure. TheKentuckian Jul 2014 #31

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