(November 9, 2016 at 7:31 pm)abaris Wrote:I completely understand your sentiments as well. People are grieving like a loved one has died. I've never had the misfortune to be on the receiving end of such a political blow in my adult lifetime. Everyone grieves differently, and Keiler is normally quite politically involved, so I'm taking his comment as temporary. Some people are so hurt they need to step away for a little bit and work on healing themselves before they can join back in helping to he's others.(November 9, 2016 at 1:52 pm)Whateverist Wrote: And I agree, it's none of our affair now.
I dont agree.
It's everyones affair. In the case of smaller countries a local and contained affair, in the case of the USA a global affair. Everyone will be afflicted and the winners will be the minority. In fact, saying it's none oof our affair now is one of the sentiments I resent the most. It's on the lines of sitting on one's backside while others are carrying the load. If one is so privileged to sit something like that out. Which I doubt very much, unless the one making that statement is filthy rich and pretty much their own island.
I have to say, the quote in your OP only fills me with resentment of the one making it. It's one of the stupidest comments I had the misfortune to read and probably the major reason why figures like that assclown can rise to power.
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead