Reply #14: I'm a rare breed, I think. I used to pretty much be one of them.

[Roland99]

I wasn't a Bible-thumper but I was a dyed-in-the-wool lover of O'Reilly and Hannity and was in favor of invading Iraq in 2003. Still sickens me to think of the things I used to say back then.

But yet I wasn't entirely insensitive to liberal thought. I was no fan of "Trickle-down" economics, right-wing death squads, and certainly not the religious right.

In late 2003, I started questioning why Bush was continually defending the war. I started doing more research and reading. I came across a link someone sent me to DU mentioning the PNAC and then on my own found Hersh's and Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski's articles.

I had a huge revelation and a sea change of ideology. My pendulum swung far back to the left and will hopefully stay there. :)

So, I know a little about where these people are in their heads but I just find willful ignorance so damned frustrating.

And, yeah, you're right. Debating with them is impossible. Arguing with them is an exercise in :banghead: