The learning curve resulting from the 2000 election, however, was pretty steep. I learned that, for the left, presidential politics isn't about ideological purity. It can't be. We will always lose on that front. Presidential politics is chess in which your every move is premised on your endgame.
Now, with President Trump as the role model, there's no reason to think that his success will be interpreted as anything less than an invitation for the Monstrous Deplorables to act on their hatred.
Over time, if not diligently confronted, the lie becomes accepted history. We cannot afford to let this particular lie become entrenched in our mainstream consciousness.
THE "IDIOT" FACTOR IN TRUMP POLITICS Some months before the election I offered my final word on Donald Trump...or so I had hoped. Turns out...not so much. Anyway, in this post I suggested that Trump supporters could be divided into three categories: Idiots, Bigots, and Political Sociopaths (though I didn't use that particular term, I... Continue Reading →
Dear Democratic Party: Your own hubris, your own cowardice, your own spineless, jellyfish, go with the political currents political strategy brought you to this pathetic abyss.
We're facing a stark wasteland. There's nothing we can do about it. Once the enormity of our situation sinks in, all we can do is take a deep breath and ask ourselves what we are willing to do about it.
If this election has done nothing else, it has revealed that this elitist, coalition style system has reached its limit.
HOW OBJECTIFYING DISCOURSE LEADS TO SEXUAL ASSAULT If the Locker Room Talk Scandal has done nothing else, it has put a spotlight on the way men talk when they don't believe they are being heard and how what might be private words can translate into public actions. It's also forced men, honest men at least,... Continue Reading →
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