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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen
I certainly had some conspiracist traits when I was younger as well. I used to talk exactly like the pre-election Bubblehead; in total lockstep with the far right. I used to parrot their arguments, and was even a viewer of the 700 Club. In fact, I donated to it. In time, I began to believe that there was a leftist conspiracy to undermine our "fundamental Christian values" (yes, I actually used that language) and to ultimately outlaw the practice of Christianity.
What needs to happen, and what happened to people like you and I, is that we were able to pull ourselves out of that cycle before going over the edge; something similar to the fiction writer's device called the Moral Event Horizon ( http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...alEventHorizon). In said event, a character that has been making a slide to being something of an antagonist perpetrates an act that is considered unforgivable to the reader or viewer, thus permanently labeling that character as evil. Similarly, an individual with conspiracist leanings can fall over the edge, as we have seen in this thread, by some crisis, real or imagined. In the case of the OP, the Presidential Election of 2012 was the catalyst for this change, and I fear that he may be lost for good. |
Well I am actually an atheist lol but I believe in religious freedom, thus why I staunchly defend religious liberty.Great example was last year when the big fight over obama forcing catholic charities and hospitals to provide insurance that covers things they find morally wrong.While I believe being against contraception and a woman's right to choose is just outright ignorant and idiotic, I defend it because if you give the government, especially under barack hussein obama, an inch, they will take five miles.
The 700 club? Yea that is a bit embarassing
.See I do not parrot the far right, I agree with some of them, but disagree with others. Espousing shared views is fine. Obama has been a big uniter for conservatives, nothing rallies the troops when they realize the enemy is at gates, in this case, the enemy made it through.
I will admit, I have lost a lot of faith in this country last november, reelecting such a failure, such a terrible person, just boggles my mind.I understand 2008, first serious black candidate, everyone was tired of bush, media loved obama, I even for a time was open to voting for him UNTIL I read his book and did research.That is the basic problem, everyone got caught up in the hype.2012 though? Romney was not a great candidate but obama reelected in the face of a stagnant economy? All the shady things he had done? This comes down to this country really has been dumbed down over the years. Most people just do not understand the complex issues, they vote on emotions, not facts.