Scott, this explanation is presented very well. Good luck with convincing those "conservatives" that you are not out to get them.

You mentioned "conservatives who don't like to read."

Their is some truth to this assessment, but a more accurate assessment would be something like this:

Conservatives are generally not interested in exploring intellectual or political frontiers. They read to reinforce what they have already decided is true.

On the other end of the spectrum--the left--that preference for seeking reinforcement is also true, but not as much. Among groups of leftist persuasion are many seekers who are willing to explore the various fields of intellectual discourse.

The best way to reach staunch people of the Right is to prepare a big feast of fried chicken and cornbread. Then, while they are enjoying the fullness of that experience, challenge them with biblical verses, especially from Matthew 25: "I was hungry and you fed me (Jesus speaking); I was without shelter and you sheltered me; I was in prison and you visited me."

Also, they do not understand what happened in America after the civil war.

In 1865, Congress passed the Homestead Act, in an attempt to give the emancipated black folk a leg up . . . forty acres and a mule, or something like that.

But the legislation never took hold effectively because the KKK and their ilk destroyed it by their nocturnal, hooded terrorism.

That's what it was, plain and simple: Terrorism under a pointy-headed cloak.

This very important history lesson should be taught in all our schools, along with a more thorough curriculum to inform exactly what the white Machine moving westward did to native Americans.

History and Scripture go further than political theory when attempting to reach conservatives who have already made up their minds about what they wrongly perceive as "communism."