q5sys
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RE: Conservatism Becoming a Disease - WaPo Opinion
(05-26-2017 09:19 AM)Redwingtom Wrote: According to Michael Gerson, a former top aide to President George W. Bush as assistant to the president for policy and strategic planning.
Quote:The conservative mind, in some very visible cases, has become diseased. The movement has been seized by a kind of discrediting madness, in which conspiracy delusions figure prominently. Institutions and individuals that once served an important ideological role, providing a balance to media bias, are discrediting themselves in crucial ways. With the blessings of a president, they have abandoned the normal constraints of reason and compassion. They have allowed political polarization to reach their hearts, and harden them. They have allowed polarization to dominate their minds, and empty them.
The conservative mind has become diseased
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(05-26-2017 01:15 PM)49RFootballNow Wrote: I'm just astounded by how much the Liberals hate that a New York Democrat won the White House.
Well, just like Bernie he wasn't the "Chosen One".
(This post was last modified: 05-27-2017 08:49 AM by q5sys.)
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