Our national dialogue

I
have made a habit for a number of years of visiting left wing sites,
and I can say without the slightest hesitation that it is the left wing
of this nation that prevents rational dialogue.  If you disagree, try
going on the Daily Kos and posting a coherent critique of Obamacare, or
saying Romney has his good points, or anything that is not within a
narrow margin of what they consider acceptable. 

You will first be insulted in the most childlike and bullying way
imaginable (actually, if you have not tried this, I would submit that it
is much worse than you CAN imagine), then they will start posting
recipes for different dishes, then you will be autobanned when enough of
the herd votes your comments down.

I have done this twice, and I will say the one thing that will get
you kicked off faster than anything is to say they are intolerant.  You
can cut the irony with a knife.

The simple fact is that the ideas extolled by the left wing–larger
government, punitive tax rates for the successful, extensive regulation
of all parts of our lives–are indefensible morally, economically,
and–if we fear, as we should, a global totalitarian
government–politically.

I have spent literally thousands of hour debating them, trying to
utilize facts, logic and emotional openness, and have been rewarded
CONSISTENTLY, with virtually no exceptions, with vitriol, lies, and
shunning/banishment.

The three stages are insult, trying to change the subject, and
silence.  This is the result of what I would guess is literally 3,000
hours of “clinical trials”.  I have not avoided them.  I have tried HARD
to engage with them, but it can’t be done, because they have abandoned
reason in pursuit of a meaning for their lives, a meaning found in
emotional submersion in what can best be described as a cult.