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To: Dennis O'Bell who wrote (125045)	2/25/2004 11:59:52 AM
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What I simply can't comprehend is when folks regurgitate the same discredited lies & distortions over & over as though they were irrefutable fact. They get recycled in with each new round of falsehoods that get created out of whole cloth. Don't get me wrong. I expect discussions regarding politics to have its fair share of exaggerations, distortions & the occasional lie. What is amazing is folks who consistently engage in a litany of lies & deceit as though it's all the gospel truth. And they continue to spew this crap long after it has all been thoroughly discredited. Their capacity to relentlessly ignore irrefutable facts that stand in stark contrast to their faulty POV is more than denial IMO. On the rare occasion when you can get these people to try to support their baseless assertions, their replies are remarkably consistent. They mostly end up citing wild conspiracy theories, quote things completely out of context, or give rambling, incoherent responses that blithely ignores all facts & credible evidence contrary to their POV. Do these folks actually think that their outrageously despicable tactics are somehow justified? If their POV is so superior, why do they need to resort to such underhanded tactics? Folks like this have taken political discourse well beyond what David Brooks so concisely observed. “Most people nurture the facts that confirm their world view and ignore or marginalize the ones that don't, unable to achieve enough emotional detachment from their own political passions to see the world as it really is.” - David Brooks