Life and work has again conspired to keep me away from being able to write, when I wanted it most. But it hasn't slowed down my thoughts or concerns, or the rapidly approaching election. This is long, rambling and rough, (I hope to improve on it later) but might be worth the read if you're also struggling with digesting what's happening in American politics these days. Maybe someone can see something in it that they can do something with, you're welcome to it. CC
{edited 10/21/16 evening}
{Sorry, I shouldn’t have posted that. It’s stream of thought rough draft stuff, nothing that deserved getting posted, I was rushed but should have held back. Today I finally had a little time to do some editing. This no longer has much to do with third party, it does examine why rational people should still make the effort to get out and vote Democratic, even if the Democrats upset one, even if you don't like Clinton. There is bigger stuff at play here.}
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The debates were interesting, if depressing. Trump showed us who he is and many Americans still like it. The culmination of the Koch’s fabricated Tea Party’s anti-government movement (even if a case of monster biting creator.).
Simplistic, self-certain, cocky reassurances, only I can fix it, disregard for real world facts, ready to grasp at every conspiracy fantasy, easy to blame others, vindictive, putting faith in ego and bravado above cold hard facts.
Simplistic, self-certain, cocky reassurances, only I can fix it, disregard for real world facts, ready to grasp at every conspiracy fantasy, easy to blame others, vindictive, putting faith in ego and bravado above cold hard facts.
He's absolutely certain and makes himself the hero of scared angry simple people who don't want to see through his facade any more than they want to learn about the real physical world that surrounds and sustains us.
What's really astounding and demoralizing is seeing all the Republicans and even preachers of God (people who constantly flaunt their high and mighty judgmentalism and moral standards and supposed superior grasp of human affairs and world politics and god's will) who still support this amoral, financial and intellectual fraud named Trump. What would God think? What should rational citizens think?
Slander, anger, hostility as debate tactic - what happened to striving for a sense of balance and even a bit of self-deprecation, awareness of our own failings, an appreciation that each of us has blindspots? What about the desire to learn and achieve constructive outcomes?
Our forefathers knew they needed each other’s varied and conflicting perspectives and backgrounds to iron out a successful governmental experiment. Respect for your foe. Acknowledge that you learn from each other, behave constructively rather than destructively.
That makes sense to me, but looking around I see a public dialogue where truth has become an irrelevance. Facts get molded to fit the message and people seem to go along with it. That's the part I don't get, why so many who know better go along with this self destructive approach to dealing with really serious issues.
Why does all that matter?
To start, it underscores the Republican willingness to embrace totally fictional notions about reality, such as their continued refusal to accept the reality of climate science and what we are witnessing upon this planet.
Then there is the elevation of the personal crisis and tragedy of abortion into a red button national political bludgeon, when in reality we are supposed to have a division of church and state. Our government has no business interfering with a woman’s right to declare sovereignty over her own body - nor to restrict her right to defend herself and her good health.
Elevating personal sexual preference to red button national political bludgeon - something that indicates their own insecurities rather than any rational humane reasoning.
Republican dedication to big business and refusal to acknowledge destructive externalities or a changing world that is decreasingly capable of supporting previous habits and expectations and exploding populations.
Republicans continue to treat our environment with contempt, disregard and disinterest.
Though in reality everything we have is dependent on a healthy diverse biosphere, that would be environment,... nature.
Republicans continue to treat science with contempt, disregard and disinterest.
Though in reality the international scientific community is filled with knowledgeable skeptical scientists keeping each other honest with constant back and forth. Including their publications, conferences and internet sharing of data and other information.
FYI
Republican’s believe its okay to create an alternative scientific reality built to serve political expectations rather than objective scientific facts. A science that is created and nurtured within a hermetically sealed community of like-minded scientific outliers in partnership with some powerful political interests with their own agendas. An echo-chamber where truth is a pliable element that must be molded to fit PR goals. Rather than constructively learning from the best available information.
In contrast the scientific method allows the facts to take us where they will.
IT MATTERS BECAUSE AT LEAST THE DEMOCRATS UNDERSTAND WE MUST RECONCILE OURSELVES TO REALITY AND THEN LEARN TO DEAL WITH IT.
WHILE REPUBLICANS ARE WITHDRAWING INTO INCREASING TRIBALISM.
IF YOU BELIEVE
RATIONALISM and FACTS are better than DOGMA and FAITH
THEN IT REALL DOES MATTER THAT YOU TOO GET OUT AND
VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET !
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Published on Sep 27, 2016
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