The Partisan Divide on Issues

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(04-19-2020, 12:36 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: Because neither racism nor free-floating anger has any rational justification, the violence that comes from their combination offers no exculpation. The mass shootings, whatever their cause, ordinarily result in prosecutions for murder or attempted murder. You project in Eric what may be true about you. 

I do not see Eric as an angry or mean-spirited person. He isn't spouting off bigotry. Contempt for Donald Trump? Tens of millions have that in America alone, and his image overseas isn't flattering. Do bad things and exposure becomes infamy. People who admire contemptible behavior are contemptible... Hillary Clinton was right in her assessment of Trump supporters who have treated a 200-year heritage of democracy in contempt as deplorable. 

Your language in this paragraph is stochastic terrorism. Get help! I suggest that you take a time-out from posting here. I would not be surprised that the FNI, BATF, Secret Service, and Minnesota state police have programs to detect language like yours. Yes, this is a rough time. It is lonely, boring, and frustrating. Welcome to the club. I chafe under the distress in a bad living arrangement that gives me no obvious or easy escape even in good times.  I don't want to go into the detail but for all practical purposes my sole contact with the rest of Humanity other than my brother and his girlfriend  is electronic. There's a bad electrical circuit that has cut off the Internet and cable TV for me much of the time. 

The near-lockdown of life during this Crisis (and it really is one) tests anyone with any mental problems, including those that most people can cover at the least with some diversion. Get help! Mental illness is real. I know that others depend upon you as employees and as family members. Do not betray them by doing something stupid. The shame comes from failure to address problems that you have because that failure can bring great tragedy to innocent people. There's much that I find contemptible about our economic system and the power structure that intertwines with it. Maybe I have more awareness of the lessons of history -- that self-righteous blood-letting promotes even more blood-letting. 

Please -- quit posting until you can calm down. Go for a hike in the woods. Go fishing. Try your hand at painting or music. This is a near-lockdown, and not a complete lockdown as in a prison.

What's true about me? I would or could kick your ass one way or another if necessary. I don't need government assistance or support to accomplish that task. I think Red America has been pretty nice and more tolerant than Blue America has been so far. As I've mentioned before, we aren't really pissed yet. Your side is way more pissed at this point. I won't be walking in the woods for months. I'm waiting for the governor to lift restrictions on public parks and public landings so I'm able to launch a boat along with lots of others and go fishing.