Comments on: Clarksville campaigning hits political low http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2008/10/26/clarksville-campaigning-hits-political-low/ The voice of Clarksville, Tennessee Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:33:04 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Bill Larson http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2008/10/26/clarksville-campaigning-hits-political-low/comment-page-1/#comment-10221 Bill Larson Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:03:34 +0000 http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/?p=11199#comment-10221 I think you hit the nail on the head Blayne! Closed minds. These people are unwilling to learn the facts, are willing to accept blatant lies as truth, and are proud of that fact. I think you hit the nail on the head Blayne! Closed minds. These people are unwilling to learn the facts, are willing to accept blatant lies as truth, and are proud of that fact.

]]> By: Turner McCullough Jr. http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2008/10/26/clarksville-campaigning-hits-political-low/comment-page-1/#comment-10218 Turner McCullough Jr. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:42:08 +0000 http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/?p=11199#comment-10218 When you can't argue the facts, throw mud! That seems to be the tactic of these people who resort to character attacks. It's a sad display for the country that once showed the world what a democratic republic could be. They would do well to remember that lone figure in Tiannamen Square. He held out a flower to the advancing tank. His only weapon, a gesture of hope. No mud, no lies, no mis-information. He was following the example of America's simple creed- "of the people, for the people and by the people." But then, a closed mind can be an immovable object. They can't be bothered with a simple thing like The Truth. Then they would have to actually engage their brains in the process of thought analysis and comprehension. And that would deny them their fun in ignorance. When you can’t argue the facts, throw mud! That seems to be the tactic of these people who resort to character attacks. It’s a sad display for the country that once showed the world what a democratic republic could be.

They would do well to remember that lone figure in Tiannamen Square. He held out a flower to the advancing tank. His only weapon, a gesture of hope. No mud, no lies, no mis-information. He was following the example of America’s simple creed- “of the people, for the people and by the people.”

But then, a closed mind can be an immovable object. They can’t be bothered with a simple thing like The Truth. Then they would have to actually engage their brains in the process of thought analysis and comprehension. And that would deny them their fun in ignorance.

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