Attracting Attention, Part II

 I RESERVE my greatest appreciation for everyone who reads these essays, and especially for my fellow senior citizens around the world, and in the United States. We are approaching the end of a long and  grand adventure, in parallel, if not together. To the American conservative community especially I am greatly indebted, for giving me support from an unexpected source, for helping make this website a success, sustaining me, making me feel important and productive. The remaining enduring mystery is why so many conservatives go to the trouble of purposely seeking out this website and to read it. Its contents invariably angers, indeed enrages conservatives to the point of irrational responses, with an undercurrent of violence. So, why do they bother? Their expressions of anger are irrational, purely emotional, lacking any substance. Do they simply enjoy the feeling of being self righteously outraged? Do they seek some special status in claiming, falsely, victimization? With more than one hundred million websites on the world wide web, nothing is easier than ignoring one among more than one hundred million. Simply refrain from typing in the site's title or URL, and you have successfully avoided material which to you is toxic. Obviously, many conservatives regard the contents of this essay website worthy of their scrutiny. But, why? Maybe they realize that the messages presented hear contain truth, but cannot bring themselves to admit it, because to do so would force them to amend their prejudices. People tend to despise challenges to their false beliefs, even as they perceive the truth in the challenges. Its almost as if they are seeking a confrontation, something to confront. Some have suggested that this website is a vehicle for its author to hide and throw bombs from behind, lacking the courage for direct confrontation. Like most other accusations from the right wing, this is laughable, ludicrous. I avoid conflict by giving people a chance to ignore what I say, rather than getting in people's faces, faces behind which lurk minds of questionable intelligence. When confronted, conservatives invariably lose their temper, become irrational, and abandon reason, to the extent that they ever had any. So why bother? The distinguishing feature of conservatives outraged by  material here is that they never, ever address the substance of it, they never respond with facts. Always, just the insults and accusations. People like that are unworthy of, incapable of intelligent debate. For facts, they would have to rely on fabrications and lies. So, why bother?