It's always upsetting to watch intelligent people fighting against each other, tearing at their vulnerable spots, pulling them further apart, in many cases just trying to prove how right or pure they are by besmirching others or, worse yet, gloating as they see people deprived of their livelihood. This serves the real enemy well and, believe me, they know how to use it to further weaken any movement against them. The real enemy is the Trump & Company Republican Party today, which aims to stifle free speech completely and take away all the freedoms these people claim to be fighting about. In their petty wars, real racism gets ignored or, worse yet, equated on a level playing field with BLM. And so the issues get blurred. And so while people are having their rights trampled on by a neo-fascist Trump & Co. Republican government, which puts troops into our cities and kidnaps people without a warrant and later drops charges ala Nazi Germany, we see and hear about "Cancel Culture" versus free speech (by Trump? by Steven Miller? By Soros-haters?) Morality has lost its place, unfortunately, and false equivalents rise to the surface.
Don't put me in that "male" vs. "female" category, ever. I have the greatest respect for "people" and can disagree with a "male" or a "female" without prejudice. Pulling that gender card is too easy, Sasha. About AOL I support some of what she does, and I don't support other things she does. I am not single-minded about anybody and believe there are many shades of grey inbetween black and white. The newest on the scene are always pointed out as "dooming" everyone else because they threaten the norm. In my opinion AOL is a healthy reaction to the "traditional" Democratic complacency that led to Hillary's defeat and to the current inaction and inability to think outside the "ask for funds and try to elect Democrats". If an army ever gave up after a single try the way the Democrats did when impeaching Trump, they would surely be said to be defeated. I'm for attempt after attempt, until they finally succeed. And I'm certainly not for letting other parties like the Lincoln Project do all of their dirty work for them.
It's always upsetting to watch intelligent people fighting against each other, tearing at their vulnerable spots, pulling them further apart, in many cases just trying to prove how right or pure they are by besmirching others or, worse yet, gloating as they see people deprived of their livelihood. This serves the real enemy well and, believe me, they know how to use it to further weaken any movement against them. The real enemy is the Trump & Company Republican Party today, which aims to stifle free speech completely and take away all the freedoms these people claim to be fighting about. In their petty wars, real racism gets ignored or, worse yet, equated on a level playing field with BLM. And so the issues get blurred. And so while people are having their rights trampled on by a neo-fascist Trump & Co. Republican government, which puts troops into our cities and kidnaps people without a warrant and later drops charges ala Nazi Germany, we see and hear about "Cancel Culture" versus free speech (by Trump? by Steven Miller? By Soros-haters?) Morality has lost its place, unfortunately, and false equivalents rise to the surface.
oh oh, here it comes. Not totally unexpected. Laughter is a good cure, however, and I am old enough to remember the wonderful columns by Art Buchwald to wonder why the hell someone else isn't doing columns like that anymore. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/24/homestylefamilyrecipescom-will-not-cave-cancel-culture/
The message from AOC certainly got across https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=288130852437416
Don't put me in that "male" vs. "female" category, ever. I have the greatest respect for "people" and can disagree with a "male" or a "female" without prejudice. Pulling that gender card is too easy, Sasha. About AOL I support some of what she does, and I don't support other things she does. I am not single-minded about anybody and believe there are many shades of grey inbetween black and white. The newest on the scene are always pointed out as "dooming" everyone else because they threaten the norm. In my opinion AOL is a healthy reaction to the "traditional" Democratic complacency that led to Hillary's defeat and to the current inaction and inability to think outside the "ask for funds and try to elect Democrats". If an army ever gave up after a single try the way the Democrats did when impeaching Trump, they would surely be said to be defeated. I'm for attempt after attempt, until they finally succeed. And I'm certainly not for letting other parties like the Lincoln Project do all of their dirty work for them.