I’ve dealt with a similar situation more than a decade ago, and I did write back frequently what I’m only drafting here. This man, now almost 90 and out of touch, did as I requested, often sending back my refutations to his source. We did have mutual respect, and valued each other intellect and friendship. As my memory is declining it’s good to think about Bill Sk….., and that friendship.
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But, I’m just not going to do it with Scottie. Not this time.
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Oh, maybe if we are crossing paths between sets I’ll jokingly point a bit of what I wrote below. But, that’s it. It’s really too easy on Dailykos to read those petitions that greet us every time we go on, and maybe sign it to feel we are making a difference. Doing this isn’t risking the attachment with another human being, which for me is a precious commodity.
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I’m sharing this so those who don’t have a Scottie who keeps you up to date on the “courageous” performance of Justice Gorsuch in transforming the court. These are passed on, snowballing to reach all “true believers” multiple times, targeted to reach all of those who wouldn’t consider checking out a source.
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There is a value in cultivating one or two of those who censor out all but viral liberal-hating emails, fox news and the tweets from the leader himself. It just may someday open the person, not to the views of a political opponent, but to the point of view of a friend.