The Rabbi
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Conservatives do use fear as their favorte tool to manipulate their followers.
i wasn't referring to "conservatives" or the use of fear. i was referring to wingnuts pretending certain circumstances actually exist regardless of what facts exist to the contrary.
You mean leftwingnuts believing:
The Russians were no threat to us
The North Vietnamese only wanted peace
The Khmer Rouge were patriots
Unilateral nuclear disarmament was the key to avoiding nuclear war
Zionism is racism
Israel is an apartheid state
Vaccines cause autism
Al Gore won the 2000 election
Bush lied about WMD
The US lost in Iraq
Terrorist attacks are crimes requiring a police type response
The US's growth rate had reached permanant plateau (late 1970s)
The Japanese would own everything in the US.
The Arabs would own everything in the US.
The Sandinistas were peace loving patriots.
Fidel Castro was not a communist
Dialogue wth N.Korea would prevent their becoming a nuclear power
Dialogue with Iran will preven their becoming a nuclear power
John Edwards was presidential material
Obama had more delegates than Hillary
Obama would bring Hope n Change
High oil prices are caused by greedy oil companies.
The stimulus will keep unemployment under 8%
The stimulus was too small
etc etc.
Basically a 50 year record of failure.