Hello All. One of the things I find very important is to understand the history of a topic. I don’t understand 99.9999% of it, but I really think it’s important.
My Question for today: Why are Republicans and Democrats so unable to come together in our values?
I would begin with the thought that idealization of the extreme has garnered a ‘squeeky wheel’ effect. This chart from the Republican Party in New Mexico clearly shows how shallow and truly dishonest the rhetoric has become. It is purposely vague and a divisive solicitation of reactions rather than thought.
Are we as Democrats against Parental Rights? Or, are we as Democrats against the raiding of our libraries and learning institutions by “parents” making sweeping decisions about the information and education for everyone else’s parents? Again, or are we Democrats against allowing the “religious” extremists to thrust their will into another parent’s child’s decision to develop and exercise their own genuine identity? Can we argue about a parent’s right to take their child to a book reading performed by a so-called “drag queen”? Or… what?
Do we as Democrats disagree with a voter i.d. out of hand, or are we against the use of hurdles and known socioeconomic devices to deny those with fewer resources their right to vote?
Do we as Democrats disagree with the Constitution or are we in disagreement with the proliferation of guns that kill our children and want reasonable safeguards emplaced? Do we believe that our children’s right to life supplants the right of unstable people owning guns? Wasn’t it Trump who was cheered by his followers after saying he would be able to suspend the constitution?
Do we as Democrats disagree with legal immigration or are we in disagreement with throwing children into cages, removing them from their parents AND THEN LOSING THEM!! (yes, that happened under Trump), or other such cruelty against those hoping for a better life for themselves and their children? I personally think the “border issue” is a distraction they don’t want to solve. Also, have you ever noticed that the vehemence for these “immigrants” always seems to be around those of color? We get immigrants from all over the world.
Shall I go on? The Democrats have repeatedly shown we are more fiscally responsible with the budget, have consistently shown we want ALL to pay their fair share of taxes INCLUDING the very wealthy (gasp!), have consistently shown we are more willing to financially and structurally support prenatal and neonatal care for both the mother and the child. We are also consistently showing much greater concern for the well being of the baby through to adulthood in nutrition, health care, education and opportunities. We are simply not willing to force life where it is not wanted by the parent, or forcing the parent to continue a pregnancy that is fundamentally unhealthy and dangerous. Democrats have consistently shown that regulation of businesses is important because it keeps the trains from derailing and costing billions of dollars, keeps the rivers from burning and destroying land, and unlike the dipshit Michigan Republican governor that thought it wise to use the very polluted Detroit River for the drinking water for Flint – we are against costing countless people their homes and lives so that businesses can pollute freely.
The simple fact is that the very powerful do not want us knowing the truth, thinking rationally on a topic, realizing that we are being kept in the dark and fed bullshit by those wanting us to disagree and fight over scraps under the table. Remember: Republicans don’t understand why those with college educations, who are trained to look beyond base statements, vote against them – and Donald Trump “loves the uneducated” who he can manipulate with innuendo and emotional malarkey.
Well, such is my opinion this morning. Hugs everyone.
Randy
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The Repubs control the media, control the information, control the narrative ~ control the audience. Another way of looking at how subtly ingrained this is: I have long lamented that the language we use to criticize religion is rooted in religion. We don’t necessarily have the words, the information, the narrative to break out of that
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Hi Ten Bears. I recall there was a Marxian term and a Weber term for control of the media, and I don’t know if it is the Republicans that own the media or the people who own the republicans, ya know? And, much like you mention about Religion; I’ve not considered that we are constrained to using the very language of the problem.
My point wasn’t so much that we are victims of their manipulation, but that we as a nation ALLOW ourselves to be manipulated. We allow 3-word abbreviations for conjectured attacks to elicit a predicted response. WE as a nation do not think about an issue, we respond like mad dogs at whomever we have pointed out to us to attack.
I’m being generous with the “we”.
Such is my thought. Thank you for your comment. It really made me think about a couple of things I wasn’t considering.
Randy
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voter identification is NOT a Constitutional requirement for voting.
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Hi Suze. I didn’t think it was, but I wasn’t sure and should have taken the time to verify the other issues involved with the topic. Guess I was on a roll. What I did know is what I’d put up there, and I really do thank you for that. Isn’t amazing how republicans are so “constitutional” when it’s something they feel so strongly about, ie guns, yet the other things like voting is… up for interpretation.
One of the things that makes me laugh about the rabid issue of mail in voting. How do they think people get their ID’s? Yep. And, registering to vote? Yep, forms comes back through the mail. Hmm? One more of those “I’d rather not think on the logic of my racist argument” issues, I guess.
Thank you for the correction and addition. I REALLY do appreciate it.
Randy
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Randy…it drive’s me a bit nuts when voting by mail becomes such a trigger point every four years. How in heck do they think it’s done for those in service overseas? Not like we could go to a local PO and vote there.. Loved the rest of the post, BTW….I just have a trigger point when repubs try to “fix” the Constitution to I suppose make it better for their gerrymandering and suppression efforts. We really need to get rid of the Electoral college and do things correctly again.
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