One patient conversation at a time

A diarist at dailyKos demonstrates the sort of patient in-depth dialogue that's required to deprogram people who have been brainwashed by the incessant onslaught of the right-wing noise machine. It can be done, it needs to be done, and we have to have the commitment to respond to the one-on-one opportunities that arise, rather than just changing the subject to less trying topics (or waiting for some undiscovered politician to light the way from on high). Rational arguments can indeed make headway with ordinary folks.