FEMA: It's Time!

An inside-the-Beltway type finally admits the truth:

[C]onversations with those immersed in a right-wing ideology tend to be rather frustrating, if not futile, experiences. In order for political discourse to have any meaning or value, there have to be certain agreed upon facts that serve as a foundation for the dialogue. But as the McClatchy piece notes, that foundation is no longer stable -- conservatives frequently choose to believe versions of events that aren't real, because the make-believe version makes them feel better.

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For all the talk about getting reasonable people with different ideologies into a room to find common ground on a host of complex issues, it's worth remembering that for many political actors in 2010, there isn't even agreement on the basics. When dealing with a large group of influential conservatives who believe FDR created the Great Depression, Theodore Roosevelt was a socialist, and Joe McCarthy was a hero, what's there to talk about?

There you have it. Can't live w/ them, & can't even point out what idiots they are. What more do we need before we round them up & ship them to education camps? (Not reëducation camps: That would imply these remarkable simulacra of humanity had received education in the first place.)