tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16333114.post7060403029468857325..comments2024-03-28T12:07:29.737-04:00Comments on kenneth in the (212): Left to Our Own DevicesKenneth M. Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01666275272819956774noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16333114.post-39463108869402325052017-10-17T01:00:08.719-04:002017-10-17T01:00:08.719-04:00My stance as of today is that what we are seeing i...My stance as of today is that what we are seeing is the disintegration of the Elephant/Donkey party system and the media super structure that supports it. The McCarthy-like madness of a Russian Devil is just one example of of total collapse of National concerns and a pandemic of 'Where's Mine' mentality in D.C. So what's next? The Right is clearly more solidified (although sad alcoholics like McConnell make the illusion of dysfunction) and appears to be able to navigate its course without much resistance. The tea leaves will settle quickly as 2018 is upon us and November elections only one year away. Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238996986714160584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16333114.post-84212733297543246762017-10-16T22:21:21.430-04:002017-10-16T22:21:21.430-04:00This has nothing to do with "political correc...This has nothing to do with "political correctness", and as you say, everything to do with ignorance. There is never just one good approach to a problem<br /><br />The narrow, mostly young and ignorant of history activists who are attacking our allies have not yet learned that to move forward we need coalitions of people from different sub-cultures, economic classes, and educational environments. People who are straight, LGBT, and other. Old and young. <br /><br />And to make coalitions, you have to accept that other people's ideas may be different from yours but still progressive, still moving us forward. More than that, they may be progressive in an area you want allies in, while not progressive in other areas. You don't have to be in complete agreement to work together. <br /><br />The purists lost us the last Presidential election, and their holier-than-thou self congratulation will very likely lose us the next one, too. They are much more interested in proving how ideologically pure they are than actually bringing about political change. Edgar_Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039202616469172686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16333114.post-19863064991989623552017-10-16T21:50:38.241-04:002017-10-16T21:50:38.241-04:00The politically correct gestapo is out of hand - a...The politically correct gestapo is out of hand - and no Ken I don't think it's an excuse to be racist- but there are reactions like the one you mentioned that are just plain stupid- and yes you have people using terms which they have no idea of what they are saying- but this is the sad state of our culture in the 21st century.jaragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14424886904148460509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16333114.post-37539885946091189962017-10-16T20:37:23.390-04:002017-10-16T20:37:23.390-04:00But it is political correctness run amok. PC was o...But it is political correctness run amok. PC was only supposed to make one be aware, polite, and considerate in life and especially in discourse.<br /><br />It is now being used as an excuse to bully and silence anyone that isn't as "woke" as the loudest person in the room think they are.Rixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11202494967710251057noreply@blogger.com