Written by Christ Hedges for Truthdig.
"Those who retreat into fantasy cannot be engaged in rational discussion, for fantasy is all that is left of their tattered self-esteem. When their myths are attacked as untrue it triggers not a discussion of facts and evidence but a ferocious emotional backlash."
The reason Republicans re-direct your attention on issues and lie about things is they have no where else to turn in defense of their beliefs. There's no good reason to hate Obama other than race; there's no good reason to harp on Benghazi except for their hate of the black man in the white house; there is no good reason to continue to harp on cutting social security other than the fact that it is a favored program of the Kenyan Muslim haunting their dreams. Facts and reason are the friends of the enlightened and the liberals and conservatives thrive on fear and hate.
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