(October 1, 2013 at 5:14 pm)Minimalist Wrote:(October 1, 2013 at 4:44 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: My wife actually said something similar to this to me before. Something along the lines of "You think about things too much."
That's the mantra of the tea-baggers, too. Do you suppose it is a coincidence?
It's definitely not a coincidence. Reasoning and questioning are fatal to all forms of fundamentalism, whether they be based on some holy book, or the Constitution, or some dimly understood policy position cribbed from the Heritage Foundation.
As Bill Maher once said of the tea-baggers: They love Truth; it's facts they can't stand.
