And its happened pretty fast...the end of politics. The divide is indeed between common decency and, well, not common decency. It is and always has been about power and control for the Republicans. The Democrats have disappointed me to no end. The lack of push back, strong messaging, and being direct in dealing with all this is not very promising. Add this to the fact that people just cant leave each other alone. Who are you, MAGA, to tell other people what to do and how to live their lives? Maybe the Democrats need their own campaign that says "it's ok to be kind, decent, and generous. It's ok to accept people who aren't like you."
I'm disappointed in people and how shitty they have become. People seem to have found justification for their behavior in politics, when politicians couldn't care less about us.
Well said, Susan. It's turning me into a bit of a grouch, at least online, and I don't even spend a ton of time online. No FB account, no Twitter, very little BlueSky.
I expect in the future a clash between the MAGA tendency to try to butt into everyone's lives and the libertarian tech bros who finance them. We've already seen some of it.
Like the subtitle of this essay says, "We are not fighting over political ideology — we're fighting for an ethical humanity and a core of basic human decency."
When the sec of Defense is a philandering boozer who is adorned with neo nazi tattoos, when the leader of the tech bro forces doesn't even disguise the seig heil from the logo of his social media company and does a public nazi salute that, no, was not debunked as an Asperger's thing, when the president himself is a convicted felon and, by New York law, a proven rapist with dozens of more women making similar accusations as the accuser that led to that judicial ruling, yada, yada, yada, till we are all blue in the face, it's all clear to most of us.
The problem is that they say the same thing, too. That they don't have the goods to prove it doesn't mean much to the people who vote for them, who generally say in response, "all politicians are corrupt."
But it isn't true that they all are. So you tell me what the USP is. I've pretty much given up on voters in this country to make sound decisions.
And its happened pretty fast...the end of politics. The divide is indeed between common decency and, well, not common decency. It is and always has been about power and control for the Republicans. The Democrats have disappointed me to no end. The lack of push back, strong messaging, and being direct in dealing with all this is not very promising. Add this to the fact that people just cant leave each other alone. Who are you, MAGA, to tell other people what to do and how to live their lives? Maybe the Democrats need their own campaign that says "it's ok to be kind, decent, and generous. It's ok to accept people who aren't like you."
I'm disappointed in people and how shitty they have become. People seem to have found justification for their behavior in politics, when politicians couldn't care less about us.
Well said, Susan. It's turning me into a bit of a grouch, at least online, and I don't even spend a ton of time online. No FB account, no Twitter, very little BlueSky.
I expect in the future a clash between the MAGA tendency to try to butt into everyone's lives and the libertarian tech bros who finance them. We've already seen some of it.
Well said
"Today’s current divide is strictly between two sets of morality."
Would you describe these two sets, please? Do they have names? Labels? Sources?
Being clear about who "we" are and who "they" are will help us find our Unique Selling Proposition.
Like the subtitle of this essay says, "We are not fighting over political ideology — we're fighting for an ethical humanity and a core of basic human decency."
When the sec of Defense is a philandering boozer who is adorned with neo nazi tattoos, when the leader of the tech bro forces doesn't even disguise the seig heil from the logo of his social media company and does a public nazi salute that, no, was not debunked as an Asperger's thing, when the president himself is a convicted felon and, by New York law, a proven rapist with dozens of more women making similar accusations as the accuser that led to that judicial ruling, yada, yada, yada, till we are all blue in the face, it's all clear to most of us.
The problem is that they say the same thing, too. That they don't have the goods to prove it doesn't mean much to the people who vote for them, who generally say in response, "all politicians are corrupt."
But it isn't true that they all are. So you tell me what the USP is. I've pretty much given up on voters in this country to make sound decisions.
Straight up people.
Con artists.