exactly. until they come to the realization that they're just delusional pack animals carrying the water for their wonton masters, engaging them in their totemic phantasm only spurs them further down the same mis-guided path. no one's going to change their mind by force, and considering the group in question, they'll have to be overwhelmingly repulsed by what they've become. the sad part is, that by that time, it'll probably be too late.
#43. To: omerta, christine, loner, lodwick, all (#15)(Edited)
until they come to the realization that they're just delusional pack animals carrying the water for their wonton masters, engaging them in their totemic phantasm only spurs them further down the same mis-guided path. no one's going to change their mind by force, and considering the group in question, they'll have to be overwhelmingly repulsed by what they've become. the sad part is, that by that time, it'll probably be too late.
My oldest son found this out the hard way. He's only 13 and is so intelligent and altruistic. He never needed to take any queues from me on his independent and pro-Constitution beliefs. He spoke out to his "christian" friends at his "christian" school who responded with all of the hate and vigor of the BOTS on LP. He is now labelled a "liberal" [which is as far from the truth as you can get] and an "America hater."
It's obvious what these kid's parents are isn't it....
sounds like a fine son you have there, Indie. it's probably better that he finds out now to choose his friends wisely. he should tell the little statists-in-training to at least get it right, it's Classical Liberal! maybe one or two of them will even bother to find out what it means and end up changing their tune. ;)
he should tell the little statists-in-training to at least get it right, it's Classical Liberal! maybe one or two of them will even bother to find out what it means and end up changing their tune. ;)
Thanks both of you for the welcome! Thanks also for the advice and the definiton of Classical Liberalism. I hope to learn a lot more about whats going on in the world through this site. (not that I'm exactly totally ignorant) LOL
Welcome! Hope you like it here. I'd been on hiatus for about a year and a half and just got back on here in the last couple weeks so, don't mind me if i'm a little slow. hehehe.
You're welcome. if your class does spend some real time on the declaration/constitution and realted doc's, Founders has some great related footnotes to every amendment. so many schools now only glaze over what it actually took for this country to become a republic and focus on what has sadly turned it into a [D]emocracy.