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To: lurqer who wrote (27296)	9/9/2003 4:48:18 PM
From: lurqer	Respond to of 89467

Ideologues by definition have an ideology in which they passionately believe. From a meme perspective amazon.com this can be viewed as a raging infection. The “real world”, not conforming to any simplistic ideology, constantly bombards the infected self-memeplex with irreconcilable “facts”. Frequently, by careful adjustment of behavior, much of this intrusion of reality can be filtered. But some occurrences are of sufficient magnitude as to preclude filtering. Then, the recourse is denial. Those who have studied the history of the Weimar Republic, are struck by the prevalence of the myth, that the German Army was never defeated, but was “struck in the back” by traitors. Exactly who these traitors were varies depending upon who is doing the denying, but anyone who didn’t believe in the obvious superiority of Deutschland’s military was a candidate. The prevalence of this myth facilitated Hitler’s rise, and the debacle of WWII. A similar myth currently exists in rightwing circles in this country - concerning Vietnam. The proposition is that the US won in Vietnam, and only the actions of leftwing propagandists and their allies in congress, resulted in Hanoi becoming the capitol of all of Vietnam. This folly would not be worthy of discussion, if it didn’t have serious implications for the present. Based on this fable, many on the right are claiming that Vietnamization was a success, and a similar Iraqization will be also. Denial is a serious business and can have devastating consequences. The utter destruction of Der Vaterland by ’45 gives mute testimony to just how devastating those consequences can be. It’s time to stop the denial, take off the blinders and heed Santayana’s admonition Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. JMO lurqer