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Originally Posted by k7leetha
Before you say I'm buying into some rhetoric, you should reevaluate your own perspective. Throughout history the people who have taken the stance against an abusive government have been called crazy until after the fact, when they are recognized as people who saw what was coming. The "rhetoric" is that you're making the same mistake that every culture makes, denying the reality of the inevitability of corruption.
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You just nailed JP5 perfectly.
I recommend that everyone go rent the movie "Sophie Scholl: The Final Days." It's about the anti-war movement in Germany during World War 2. The Nazis use the exact same arguments the Republicans are using today to justify the war. Sophie Scholl and her fellow activists are convicted on one charge of "Not supporting the troops and harming troop morale." Sound familiar?
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"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - Schopenhauer
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