03-23-2020, 05:52 AM
I hear you saying one side has the power and is immovable.
For myself, I view one side as completely resistant to any progress. They only want things to not change. That's how I see it. The other side wants change. They want progress. I won't and cannot make an argument for the side that wants no progress. I can't.
However, it then often becomes the idea "those people don't matter". That 50% of America does not matter. 50% of Americans are wrong and should not be voting because they vote wrongly and their values are wrong.
Only of late, I cannot justify that argument. As much as I despise the president and cannot fathom 50% of Americans wanted that and in a normal non-virus poll still do, I no longer can accept THAT VIEW as correct. I was wrong. I did not turncoat and evangelize. I didn't get Born Again and then subscribe to Repeal Obamacare.
I came to the conclusion that no side is wrong. It cannot be viewed through that lens anymore.
I can't provide the answer, except to say I am seeing the answer unfolding so I have to roll with it. Ppl younger than I am, they don't care what anyone believes, professes or "knows to be right".
What I see are ppl coming on the scene that have had enough with 2 sides. Nomads know it almost inherently. I keep saying it but in the future, anyone who chooses to lead with values will be locked out of the process. The younger ppl will not have the patience for it. They will identify the problems and they WILL solve them uniformly and without questions. The type of haggling we have seen between senior members of old guard will be seen as a thing not unlike the Berlin Wall - as in "we can't believe that ever happened".
THAT'S WHAT I SEE. That's not what I even personally believe or want. I personally would see flushed red napkins disappearing and replaced with blue ones... and victory abound? I JUST DON'T THINK THAT COULD EVEN HAPPEN. However, I do think we shall expect radical progression in the future as was obviously seen in the last 4T... commanded by rather blue individuals. However, I see for sure a NEW RED that is way more open to pragmatism not tied to values. Where the "aisle" is exploded and ppl ride under the banner of a color but in truth are just rather purple and enjoy working to get things done instead of serving either religious or social justice.
There is too much crusading and everyone of that certain age does it. I'm not going to point fingers, but in the democratic debates, I saw way many elder folks trying to shout down other elder folks to appear MUCH LIKE the loud-mouthed preachers in that old TBN channel (still exists?) and the fat guy who shouts and commands "amen". It's become all the same to me. Crusading and yelping is what Prophet is made of. On both sides. And if they aren't, themselves, shouting and crusading, they are hanging out under the banner of someone who is.
When someone here said Bernie Sanders was not values driven, they needed to be reprimanded. There is a "warning level" here, that person should have received points. Compared to Sanders, Biden is Grandpa with a bedtime story. Men even 20 years his junior and not with heart issues are more reserved and not trying to climb mt Everest of world politics.
Anyone that age should be settling down not ramping up. How can America get behind anyone that old as their strong leader?
For myself, I view one side as completely resistant to any progress. They only want things to not change. That's how I see it. The other side wants change. They want progress. I won't and cannot make an argument for the side that wants no progress. I can't.
However, it then often becomes the idea "those people don't matter". That 50% of America does not matter. 50% of Americans are wrong and should not be voting because they vote wrongly and their values are wrong.
Only of late, I cannot justify that argument. As much as I despise the president and cannot fathom 50% of Americans wanted that and in a normal non-virus poll still do, I no longer can accept THAT VIEW as correct. I was wrong. I did not turncoat and evangelize. I didn't get Born Again and then subscribe to Repeal Obamacare.
I came to the conclusion that no side is wrong. It cannot be viewed through that lens anymore.
I can't provide the answer, except to say I am seeing the answer unfolding so I have to roll with it. Ppl younger than I am, they don't care what anyone believes, professes or "knows to be right".
What I see are ppl coming on the scene that have had enough with 2 sides. Nomads know it almost inherently. I keep saying it but in the future, anyone who chooses to lead with values will be locked out of the process. The younger ppl will not have the patience for it. They will identify the problems and they WILL solve them uniformly and without questions. The type of haggling we have seen between senior members of old guard will be seen as a thing not unlike the Berlin Wall - as in "we can't believe that ever happened".
THAT'S WHAT I SEE. That's not what I even personally believe or want. I personally would see flushed red napkins disappearing and replaced with blue ones... and victory abound? I JUST DON'T THINK THAT COULD EVEN HAPPEN. However, I do think we shall expect radical progression in the future as was obviously seen in the last 4T... commanded by rather blue individuals. However, I see for sure a NEW RED that is way more open to pragmatism not tied to values. Where the "aisle" is exploded and ppl ride under the banner of a color but in truth are just rather purple and enjoy working to get things done instead of serving either religious or social justice.
There is too much crusading and everyone of that certain age does it. I'm not going to point fingers, but in the democratic debates, I saw way many elder folks trying to shout down other elder folks to appear MUCH LIKE the loud-mouthed preachers in that old TBN channel (still exists?) and the fat guy who shouts and commands "amen". It's become all the same to me. Crusading and yelping is what Prophet is made of. On both sides. And if they aren't, themselves, shouting and crusading, they are hanging out under the banner of someone who is.
When someone here said Bernie Sanders was not values driven, they needed to be reprimanded. There is a "warning level" here, that person should have received points. Compared to Sanders, Biden is Grandpa with a bedtime story. Men even 20 years his junior and not with heart issues are more reserved and not trying to climb mt Everest of world politics.
Anyone that age should be settling down not ramping up. How can America get behind anyone that old as their strong leader?