Reply #17: well, if we DON"T forgive, we fail to accept converts.

[Lerkfish]

And we need to do that. For one thing, keep in mind that BushCo are invertebrate liars. Everything that comes out of their mouth is a falsehood in some way. But they harp on memes that seem to make some sort of sense. If you are not paying attention, the memes slip into your subconscious and voila! instant sheeple.

I dont' think you blame the brainwashed. You instead help them to know its ok to think for themselves. If you jump on them when they first cross over and are just beginning to see how they were manipulated, slapping them in the face is not a nice how do you do.

In fact, if you're going to blame them, then you also have to blame those who voted for Nader, and democrats who didn't bother to vote.

See, the idea is to INCREASE the number of people in the big tent, not culling out the ones who are newbies.