Election 2018

[Eric the Green]

(10-27-2018, 02:21 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:

(10-25-2018, 09:06 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:

(10-25-2018, 07:37 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:

(10-25-2018, 03:29 PM)Galen Wrote:

(10-25-2018, 05:51 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: It's a right-wing parody. You just do not get it.

Actually, I do get it.  First, you have no sense of humor.  Second, that parody exists because that is pretty much what the Dims sound like at the present.

A nitpick.  That is what the Democrats sound like when you listen through certain filters, when your world view centers around certain straw man stereotypes.  If you could really listen, the Democrats might sound like...  Democrats?

This observation should not preclude other stereotypes spinning the other way.  See your average late night TV talk show for examples of opposing 'humor'.

Building something real between believers of these stereotypes?  You gotta count on a need to solve very real problems. The stereotypes can not hold up to reality.

The very real solutions to the real problems are dealt with by Democrats, and not by Republicans.

To be clear, I lean blue, and agree far more with the blue agenda.  But I do not agree with how they are going about achieving it.  We do not need more division and not listening.  By pushing negative stereotypes, both sides are just making the other side reject harder the other's thinking and judgement.

It is a question as to whether the greater problem is the fact we are divided than the difference between the perceptions.

Just look at Galen's posts.  His premises are so different from yours that the result should be total rejection of the content.  That is the problem.  It will not be made better by trying to make fun of what he is not saying.

The approach of no division and listening can only be applied to a relatively few people on the other side who are willing to listen, as I said before. That may be enough, at least as long as some degree of democracy still exists.

That is the question, and I answer you clearly. No, the problem is not that we are divided. The problem is that the wrong side of the divide has too much power. The greater problem is the need for real solutions to real needs and desires. One side has solutions; the other only fears, delusions and prejudices. 

I do not read Galen's posts unless someone else is fool enough to quote them. There is no use trying to change my behavior or Galen's. That is not what the forum is for, nor does it make any difference. Humor is the best way to tell the truth. Those who are open to listening will get it. Humor is always valuable for its own sake. That doesn't mean humor of all kinds is appropriate at all occasions. But it can be disarming, and can go both ways toward both sides. If we are willing to laugh at each other, and ourselves too, then maybe we can disarm our division a bit.