The Partisan Divide on Issues

[Bob Butler 54]

(04-21-2020, 10:20 AM)gabrielle Wrote: I recall many times, often on these forums, when conservatives would lecture people about the supposed hedonism of the left and the need for personal responsibility and service, and I find it ironic that now during an actual crisis when all Americans are called to self sacrifice for the greater good it's the right that is having a meltdown because they can't get a haircut or go to a restaurant.

It is par for the course. Republicans got to posture on defense, but when it came time to commit to the Domino Theory, it was the Democrats that started the hot wars of Korea and Vietnam. The hedonism of the Unraveling and concentration on economics is basically selfish. Actually working to say build infrastructure in the high is not. Fighting for civil rights, women’s rights, clean streams…. Basically the Awakening is not the sort of selfish materialism that the conservatives are about.

I keep going back to that JFK line. “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.” It is almost a dividing line. It was what made America great.