04-09-2020, 08:48 AM
...I notice that JDG has not tried to refute my response to him. He has had two weeks in which to respond. If you read this and you are not JDG, then I fully understand. If you agree with me, then I applaud your silence. I try to avoid partisan rancor when discussing the long view of history. The current frenzy will soon enough become irrelevant.
Fanaticism badly serves truth. Truth is best served with calm openness. Fanaticism demeans whatever cause it hijacks.
Fanaticism badly serves truth. Truth is best served with calm openness. Fanaticism demeans whatever cause it hijacks.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.