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The South Carolina State Flag remains the flag of choice now.   While browsing I discovered a very well-written piece on Cognitive Dissonance and how it is The Key to Defeating the Progressives. Any idea that would defeat the progressives will catch my attention these days. Matt’s exploration of this topic is a good read for all of us. Hopefully, local Tea Party Groups will pick up on Matt’s ideas.  I’ll give you a short outline here, but you need to go to The Conservative Hideout to see the full article.

Note: Often, with permission, I repost parts of an article that is simply “too expertly done” to try to duplicate.  That is the case for this piece. My hope is that you will find enough interest from the small parts of this piece I have reposted here so you will go to the original and read ALL of the information.

What is Cognitive dissonance?

”The mental conflict that occurs when beliefs or assumptions are contradicted by new information. The unease or tension that the conflict arouses in a person is relieved by one of several defensive maneuvers: the person rejects, explains away, or avoids the new information, persuades himself that no conflict really exists, reconciles the differences, or resorts to any other defensive means of preserving stability or order in his conception of the world and of himself.” (Encyclopedia Britannica)

The Socialists’ Three Methods of Controlling a Population:

1. Indoctrination: Take over the school system to indoctrinate the children. Control them from the earliest possible age.
2. Elimination of Dissent:  Regulation, ridicule, and punishment are the tools used. The Fairness Doctrine is a perfect example of such a tool, controlling the flow of information to the people.
3. Simple Thug Tactics: The plan is to identify, isolate, freeze and escalate activities towards the target. Intimidation is the tool. Attack employers who have employees who are protesting, etc. This intimidation is also meant to send a message to anyone else that might speak out or otherwise resist.  “Unless you want this to happen to you and your family, you best keep your mouth shut!”

Using the Cognitive Dissonance as a Tool for Conservatism:

This is the time that we, as Conservatives or Libertarians, will need to capitalize on this “theory colliding headlong into reality.” How do we do this?

• Continue blogging, and share your blog with others.
• Contact friends and family that may have voted for the POTUS.  Show them the evidence.
• Collect evidence by download to show others.  I recently showed a liberal co-worker the video montage made by Verum Serum on ObamaCare.  I thought the person’s jaw would hit the floor.  Then, I showed her Margaret Sanger and Ruth Bader Ginsberg quotes.  She became upset.  If this continues, she will eventually question her beliefs.  All it takes is enough evidence.
• Download and store videos and articles that make our points.  If the POTUS ever does manage to control Internet content, a lot of the evidence against him will disappear.  Unless, that is, we save it!

I wrote this because I became a Conservative in this fashion. I came out of grad school with a brain full of liberal ideology. When I started working, I noticed that much of what I was taught simply didn’t match reality. As time wore on, I became discouraged. When some friends started introducing me to Conservatism, I initially resisted. After all, Conservatives are all fascists, right? I started to read, and listened to talk radio. As time wore on, I educated myself. No coercion, threats, intimidation, or indoctrination were required. I simply saw that Conservatism matches reality. If we can help others when Cognitive Dissonance hits, and it WILL, we can help defeat the left. I find it ironic, and encouraging, that the billions that the left spends on public and college education can be undone by simple truths.

I hope the little that I’ve relayed to you from Matt’s blog post will now get you to “push the button” and go to the Conservative Hideout link and read the full article.  It is full of proof statements that support the logic of this very brief outline I’ve shared with you above.

As Matt said in “How do we do this?”   Using his #1 point, I am sharing his blog with you and will keep on blogging myself. The more information we have out there, and the more people who read it, the greater will be the power we have to stop what is happening. My personal thanks to Matt for sharing this knowledge with me and allowing me to share it with you.

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