I just read this over at Making Light. Jim Macdonald tears up a piece of conservative propaganda. Pass This On To All Your E-Mail Friends…..

The trouble with it is that most people feel that the political spam that he dissects is absolutely right and that the real wingnut is Macdonald. He makes perfect sense, but people like my friend Skip will think that Jim is nuts and a seriously insane liberal.

It has been shown that this kind of discourse does nothing. People believe very deeply, even in the face of strong logical counter arguments.

There is a saying that you can’t talk someone out of something that they haven’t been talked into.

Talk ain’t going to do it. I think someone is going to start shooting.