RE: Open Letter to Speaker Paul Ryan.......
October 20, 2017 at 11:24 am
(This post was last modified: October 20, 2017 at 11:28 am by The Grand Nudger.)
His crash wa blamed on unpatriotic otherism...just as trumps crash is now being blamed on unpatriotic otherism.
We didn't invent this scheme, Brian. We inherited it, and it has a deep provenance. We're no more likely to break the cycle than any before us, because it appeals deeply to fundamental components of humanity. We've been at it, in some form or another, since recorded history..and I'm willing to bet it didn't start then either. Some things you have to find a way to stymy in spite of themselves, rather than hope for their rejection or disappearance.
For example, giving the bigots and political bullies some do nothing fools errand that appeals to their particular bigotries and yet still manages to serve the rest of us, even if only to divert their considerable enthusiasm.
We didn't invent this scheme, Brian. We inherited it, and it has a deep provenance. We're no more likely to break the cycle than any before us, because it appeals deeply to fundamental components of humanity. We've been at it, in some form or another, since recorded history..and I'm willing to bet it didn't start then either. Some things you have to find a way to stymy in spite of themselves, rather than hope for their rejection or disappearance.
For example, giving the bigots and political bullies some do nothing fools errand that appeals to their particular bigotries and yet still manages to serve the rest of us, even if only to divert their considerable enthusiasm.
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