What a ride. Yee..Haw. How to get thrown off a right wing board. Hannitized? I'd rather be lobotomized!
At first glance it indeed was an alternate universe. There were "news" stories and incoherent talking points, if you can even call them that, but mostly Pavlovian dogs, barking out the correct party line rhetoric on cue. Many people go to great lengths to put wonderous things in their avatars and signatures. You know about how Patriotically American they are but then they seem to utter 10 word incoherent blurbs proving what, how "in tune" with reality they are.
I did try to raise real issues and spur debate but essentially it was like explainig quantum physics to four year olds. I have to endorse fully the KoolAide theory. It is most likely some kind of psychotropic food additive to make people think this way. Very scary, months of intensive deprogramming would do most of this bunch no good.
I admit I was only able to touch upon a few subjects.
The rights we have lost.
Well I ended with the fact that we can not longer sue big pharma for drug injuries due to half baked remedies on the bioshield list. Whoosh...right over their heads.
The war in Iraq was most vehement as I brought up my MIHOP 911 view, and yes I took pains to explain and spell it out in great detail. Two guys offered me a case of diapers. They did touch upon the oil issue case for war in Iraq. I then counter with a deplete uranium arguement, again, no response, deer in the headlights kind of thing.
No meaningful response to the immigration from Mexico.
No concept of just how corporate we have become.
Zero compassion, zero empathy even though it's plastered all over their blatantly large avatar and signature placeholders.
FYI- for some really strange reason they are super sensitive over the mention of the word Nazi. One guy told me not to use it unless I had "iron clad" proof. He actually did not want me to get banned,perhaps he bored.
I sent this little story.
Christmas is not so merry this year. This year we did not put up our family Christmas pinecone wreath. It seems we have run out of pinecones. This year we were told our pinecone source was verboten. In the interest of homeland security people are not allowed to walk around local water sources. Well OK, I'm an American and it's my water source so perhaps if I saw three guys in turbans pouring white powder into the water supply I might be inclined to call the cops. But since my family can no longer enjoy a peaceful walk among tall pine trees, a simple family pleasure is no more. Now that I will soon be a grandfather it would appear that we will not be passing this family tradition down either.
Hey, can't wait for Memorial Day and the Fourth of July. I am going to find the largest possible flag I can find and nail it up on the house. Upside down, the signal of a country in distress. That's what the "war on terror" has done for this country. The terrorists won.
One guy lucidly pointed out that walking around a water supply was not a civil right. The others just ignored the post like nothing ever happened. Then I tried to point out that I thought the board was like the PC game SimCity and that all things Hannity would disintegrate in a single generation or become something Satan would be proud of.
Mosey on over, under the same moniker.
Lasthorseman.