I'm defending myself by confronting people, not only here but elsewhere, who have fallen into Koch-speak... You are parroting phrases that have been tested before control groups by the Koch-ies to see what sticks...
No, it is no longer about getting along.... It ain't about saying both sides, blah, blah, blah... It's 100% about what propaganda has been sufficiently lubricated to stick in the heads of otherwise reasonable people...
I know exactly what FDR said and what he meant...
At the time he said it there wasn't the vast amount of wealth that could be corralled and greedy people wanting more, more, more... And willing to do whatever is necessary to get more, more, more...
So what I do is bounce from one joint the next and call on people to get a ***second opinion*** on the language they use, the phrases they throw out without really giving those words any thought... Yes, the Koch brothers PR people borrowed from the old Nader stuff thinking they could use those "classless and free" words palatable and ready for consumption by the ol' "classless and free" folks... Very good PR $$$ spent... I hear good meaning folks parroting this same song over and over and so my job is to cut thru the propaganda and offer an alternate view...
So what can I do??? Getting shot in the streets like the guy in the Goya painting ain't for me... Calling ***good*** people who might not be award of what shit has been stuffed into them is what I can do...
And so that is what I am doing... A lot less here then other places but I am fighting for my country... My way... Screw getting shot... That is for martyrs... I'm not a martyr... I am a fighter...