This last week, the media was filled with rhetoric of hatred, wildly concocted stories of conspiracy, victimization, and class warfare, in other words, The Republican Convention in Cleveland.
In a political campaign, you should expect the loyal opposition to show you that if they were in charge life would be better for you and they would ask for your support. It's fair in this atmosphere to run down the competitions record on the issue, and things can get a little out of hand. The boundary can be vague, but it should be short of wishing your opponent a horrible death. Amidst the shouts calling for Hillary's imprisonment one of the participants stated that Hilary Clinton should be shot.
To be fair, it was not without reason. The Hillary well-wisher suggested she should be shot for her treasonous part in the Benghazi killings of American diplomats. This is aside from the fact that congressmen from his party squandered millions of dollars investigating the whole matter and came to the opinion that she really didn't have any blame in the outcome of the tragedy. I think wishing your opponent was dead is a thought you should want to keep to yourself.
But things are not normal. White people ran to the suburbs only to find out it isn't far enough away from the problem of the cities to make them comfortable. Rural people, who are afraid to go to the cities, found out that the city has its ways of coming to them.
Again, I ask the question, "When did we become afraid of everything?"
Our distrust of the government is a direct result of conservative thought being blasted in our ears, starting with, soon to be raised to sainthood in the Republican liturgy, Ronald Reagan
The government is your enemy. It takes your hard earned money and gives it to layabouts who are criminals.
It recklessly taxes you and wastes money on inane research conducted by pointy-headed intellectuals.
The Washington establishment is trying to sell you on the theory that there is man-made pollution to the extent that it is altering the climate.
We can't afford to keep our infrastructure up to date, expand it and improve it on a continual basis because we are spending so much money on "entitlement programs."
Is there a correlation between government distrust and lawlessness? I don't know, but when you demonize a person and make them less than human, it makes it easy to mistreat them. If you lose respect for the social construct that represents all of us and is charged with establishing law and order, then revolt becomes an option.
Ask me. Do I think our government is working for all of us or has it morphed into the good old boys club? I'm saying the latter.
Could we use some more pragmatic people running the show? Hell yes!
John Kasich, the governor of Ohio, couldn't get any traction as a candidate because he wanted to talk about issues instead of Hillary or "The Donald's hair". Many progressives. I spoke with.where wondering what would happen if he had received the nomination. Two schools of thought seemed to form. One, he would be the biggest threat to Hillary. He is experienced and successful in government at many levels. Two, many who are not comfortable with Hillary said they would vote for him. Would these same people vote for Trump, the eventual winner? No.
I want to apologize to my readers who may not agree with my political stance. Now that I've got my views of recent events off my chest, I promise to go back to writing observations on the weather, my recovery from living in Louisiana and the perils of a man my age learning to ride a bike again. Thank you for your understanding.
I am Poppa Jeff, at Camp Jeff, on the shores of Lake Maria.
In a political campaign, you should expect the loyal opposition to show you that if they were in charge life would be better for you and they would ask for your support. It's fair in this atmosphere to run down the competitions record on the issue, and things can get a little out of hand. The boundary can be vague, but it should be short of wishing your opponent a horrible death. Amidst the shouts calling for Hillary's imprisonment one of the participants stated that Hilary Clinton should be shot.
To be fair, it was not without reason. The Hillary well-wisher suggested she should be shot for her treasonous part in the Benghazi killings of American diplomats. This is aside from the fact that congressmen from his party squandered millions of dollars investigating the whole matter and came to the opinion that she really didn't have any blame in the outcome of the tragedy. I think wishing your opponent was dead is a thought you should want to keep to yourself.
But things are not normal. White people ran to the suburbs only to find out it isn't far enough away from the problem of the cities to make them comfortable. Rural people, who are afraid to go to the cities, found out that the city has its ways of coming to them.
Again, I ask the question, "When did we become afraid of everything?"
Our distrust of the government is a direct result of conservative thought being blasted in our ears, starting with, soon to be raised to sainthood in the Republican liturgy, Ronald Reagan
The government is your enemy. It takes your hard earned money and gives it to layabouts who are criminals.
It recklessly taxes you and wastes money on inane research conducted by pointy-headed intellectuals.
The Washington establishment is trying to sell you on the theory that there is man-made pollution to the extent that it is altering the climate.
We can't afford to keep our infrastructure up to date, expand it and improve it on a continual basis because we are spending so much money on "entitlement programs."
Is there a correlation between government distrust and lawlessness? I don't know, but when you demonize a person and make them less than human, it makes it easy to mistreat them. If you lose respect for the social construct that represents all of us and is charged with establishing law and order, then revolt becomes an option.
Ask me. Do I think our government is working for all of us or has it morphed into the good old boys club? I'm saying the latter.
Could we use some more pragmatic people running the show? Hell yes!
John Kasich, the governor of Ohio, couldn't get any traction as a candidate because he wanted to talk about issues instead of Hillary or "The Donald's hair". Many progressives. I spoke with.where wondering what would happen if he had received the nomination. Two schools of thought seemed to form. One, he would be the biggest threat to Hillary. He is experienced and successful in government at many levels. Two, many who are not comfortable with Hillary said they would vote for him. Would these same people vote for Trump, the eventual winner? No.
I want to apologize to my readers who may not agree with my political stance. Now that I've got my views of recent events off my chest, I promise to go back to writing observations on the weather, my recovery from living in Louisiana and the perils of a man my age learning to ride a bike again. Thank you for your understanding.
I am Poppa Jeff, at Camp Jeff, on the shores of Lake Maria.
WRONG😭Keep sticking your head in the sand, as terrorism & crimes by illegals (yes, & I have many friends who came to this country legally)is ignored by the DNC. Interesting that even 60 Minutes questions who IS responsible in Benghazi - as a military mom, I find it abhorrent she lied to families & "pushed the video" let alone more (since the renting rooms @ White House) "pay to play" with the Foundation's funding.
ReplyDeleteYou think that's hate?