OT:Mrs. Heinz Kerry - Interesting

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 03:17:59PM -0400, Joe Acquisto wrote:
> As a youth, fresh faced and naive, I was presented with a copy of a
> book called "None Dare Call it Treason", with the claim that it would
> reveal the truth about how this country was being infiltrated and
> secretly run by Communists.
[...]
> First chance I got, I spent some time checking the footnotes,
> references and "direct quotes". I was floored at how the author had
> twisted and bent the supposed quotes, taking things out of context
> (and adding his own interpretation), and how his "quotes" changed the
> original meaning of statements using the infamous " . . .", which as
> we all know is used to indicate "not germaine" verbage. Things like
> "I am not now nor have I ever been a Communist" became "I am . . . a
> Communist". I paraphrase.
>
> Properly humiliated, and now a good deal more wise, I attempted to
> clue in some of those who were avid consumers of my previously spewed
> nonsense.
>
> Know what? They were not interested. They would not believe. They did
> not care. They had become addicted (IMHO) to the adreneline like rush
> provided by their belief and would not let it go. Reason had given way
> to the emotional high of having someone to hate and blame for all your
> problems.
>
> I hope my attempt at instant "group therapy" will do some good.

Absolutely an *excellent* reminder on how and when to Think For
Yourself, Joe; thanks for popping it to share it.

Cheers,
-- jra
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