So...we can add this to the "ticking-clock scenario" (used to such evil, mass-hypnotic effect by 24 and worshipped by fascists everywhere) as ANOTHER TURD in the steaming pile of crap that the American people have been gleefully ingesting with their sugared-cereal for years (side effects! Piss off! It makes the cereal taste SWEEETER! Or, do you not like sweetened cereal? Hm? HM?!! You know what kind of people don't like sweetened cereal, don't you? That's right...NON-AMERICANS!!!!!)
Will there ever come a day when we can have a reasonable discussion about how stupid, stupid, stupid, frightened and easy to control people become when they let the media tell them what to think?
Will we be able to sit down together without shaming or enraging the people who have not only believed the lies, but been convinced that they came to this belief on their own, and work together to make it even a tiny bit less likely that this same thing will keep happening again and again and again?
Some people believe that torture is sometimes necessary to save lives and that the President has to make decisions affecting the lives of millions of people in the precious seconds after he or she is awakened at 3am, in such haste that no advisors can be consulted, no plans can be drawn up, and there isn't a moment to waste.
When these people understand that these ideas are wrong (not because the people themselves are bad or dumb in any way, but because the information they were given was falsified on purpose...they were lied to and not given the accurate information that would have helped them make the right choice)...when this day comes...how can we help these people find the humility to admit they were wrong?
How can we help them save face so that we can all get on with the business of fixing the problems created by the ones who did the lying and the ones who REPEATED THE LIES endlessly?
Is there something we, the people who know the truth, can do to help our friends and neighbors and loved ones and fellow citizens to focus the shame and anger and frustration they will feel about having believed the lies and the massive surge of energy these feelings will unleash, towards repairing the damage?
Because, if we don't, it's likely that many of these people will use this energy to cling even more tightly to the lies because to let go of them will mean admitting they were mistaken, and we have become a nation of people who are often unwilling or unable to admit the things we have screwed-up.
