Read carefully OG. The point is EXACTLY that it is what is happening to our nation now.

You are way smarter than you post. I have become convinced it is willful ignorance that you use to support a cause that you can't truly believe, but now that you are wedded to it, it is easier on your ego to use twisty logic to defend than to simply admit that you were wrong.

LH has commented numerous times in many threads on thsi phenomenon as it relates to many people and topics, but you are providing a wonderful current example.