Boulderization of Longmont society rests ultimately on the public belief that Council liberals are omnipotent and that the progressives are intellectually infallible. But, since in reality liberals are not omnipotent and the progressives are not infallible, the present members holding the reigns to power have a need for moment-to-moment flexibility in the treatment of facts. The key compounded word to understanding is
political- correctness. This word has two mutually contradictory meanings. Applied to a conservative, it means the habit of impudently claiming that black is white, in contradiction of the plain facts. Applied by liberals to achieve progressive goals it means a loyal willingness to say that black is white when group discipline demands this. It means also the ability to believe that black is white and to forget that one has ever believed the contrary.
Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them. The mastermind controlling Councils liberal majority - Richard Juday - knows in which direction his memories must be altered; he therefore knows that he is playing tricks with reality; but by the exercise of
doublethink Juday also satisfies himself that reality is not violated.
Doublethink lies at the very heart of the Benker gang since the essential act of the Progressives is to use conscious deception while retaining the firmness of purpose that goes with complete honesty. To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them, to forget any fact that has become inconvenient, and then, when it becomes necessary again, to draw it back from exposure for just so long as it is needed, to deny the existence of objective reality and all the time to take account of the reality which the members deny. All this is indispensably necessary to ward off a public that grows more inquisitive with each passing day as to what the damage to Longmont's infrastructure and tax base the LifeBridge spectacular is really costing the fabric of society and the community of Longmont.
The clear and convincing truth is the public was tricked and deceived by liberals & NIMBYs in November 2007 who worked to kill LifeBridge annexation so the project can go forward with looser standards than Longmont, guaranteed $230,000,000 in tax revenue goes to Weld County, not Longmont and inadvertently opened the door to Boulder controlling Longmont's future property development policies. Although elected by Longmont, the majority does not represent Longmont interests but are beholden to Boulder Democratic Party interests instead by virtue of party support to the contrary of Longmont's Charter.