Communists!

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8. I'm with you!

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]What irritates me most is that most Americans have no idea what the difference is between communism and socialism, or really much of any idea what they actually stand for and why. They've been culturally indoctrinated to a pavlovian negative response to the terms alone without any thought or understanding at all.

One person I know well has ranted on and on about the evils of "socialized medicine," even while her husband was receiving fully paid for care from the VA and she was griping about hating the insurance company that provides her Medicare supplementation. She has absolutely zero insight into the contradictions in her position.

She has ranted, "No one loves this country anymore. They don't hang the flag every day like I do." Also, "They don't appreciate our freedom. I can go into any store and find whatever I want from anywhere in the world."

This is where we are as a culture. Hanging a flag is love of country, and freedom is shopping choices. It's sickening to me.