Great post Shawn. IMO, Charlie can't help himself with the incoherence, 40 years of pulling for one team is hard to let go of.
I think a whole bunch of blame has to fall to voters as well. We have a whole lot of ignorant/less than informed/ideological/partisan......call them what you will, but they vote for their "team". They will not be…
Great post Shawn. IMO, Charlie can't help himself with the incoherence, 40 years of pulling for one team is hard to let go of.
I think a whole bunch of blame has to fall to voters as well. We have a whole lot of ignorant/less than informed/ideological/partisan......call them what you will, but they vote for their "team". They will not be moved by logic, reason, facts or any of that fancy liberal elite talk. I think the R's have played that about as well as it could be played and now the whole country is paying for it. I respect Cheyney's choice in this current Jan 6 situation, but the notion that NONE of these people saw what Trump was doing to this country prior, well it strains credulity in the very least.
The "incoherence" may result from the fact that we include a range of opinions and that some of the quotes Shawn attributes to me, were, in fact, written by other people. including democrats.
I do however feel that a lot of the Never Trump folk really struggle to call out their own in the same way they can easily point to how the D’s should do things.
Possibly or it could be that you are more aware/sensitive to the one vs the other. I personally feel that the Bulwark absolutely pummels the GOP every single day...that's why I like it...because the GOP totally deserves it!
Possible for sure but I was a registered Independent for most of my voting life. Jeff, my deal is the same as Shawn’s. The next 2-4 are binary, it is Trumpism or it is Democrats. I just don’t see any world where Republicans actually a viable alternative, and pretending they are is harming the country. IMHO.
If that is the case, then I think it would really behoove you to note which parts you agree with and which parts you disagree with. Because when you merely post a wall of quoted text, it comes with your implicit endorsement and agreement with the message. To put it another way, on those much less frequent times you quote someone from the more progressive Left (and certainly when you quote the Trumpy right), you are *explicit* in noting areas or the completeness of your disagreement.
I mean that's the weakness of democracy. When only 2/5 people have a college education, and when most people are only knowledgeable about a few things, which is entirely normal and reasonable, it becomes hard to manage a democracy. Most people only know a lot about a few things. And that's fine! that's why we elect people.
But in general, our politics tends to be the sort where you start with cultural beliefs and then backfill the rest. Ergo, if you're a liberal, chances are you have some sense of the world, and your beliefs flow from that. If you're a conservative, you have a sense of what that means, and then you fill in the rest.
The problem is that what you fill in the blanks with matters when the conditions change. So if you're someone who's highest calling is defeating Trump, that means you're pulling for democrats, because that's the only win condition. But that might mean that you have to support policies you hate. Much like to defeat Trump, lots of democrats had to pull for Biden.
Great post Shawn. IMO, Charlie can't help himself with the incoherence, 40 years of pulling for one team is hard to let go of.
I think a whole bunch of blame has to fall to voters as well. We have a whole lot of ignorant/less than informed/ideological/partisan......call them what you will, but they vote for their "team". They will not be moved by logic, reason, facts or any of that fancy liberal elite talk. I think the R's have played that about as well as it could be played and now the whole country is paying for it. I respect Cheyney's choice in this current Jan 6 situation, but the notion that NONE of these people saw what Trump was doing to this country prior, well it strains credulity in the very least.
The "incoherence" may result from the fact that we include a range of opinions and that some of the quotes Shawn attributes to me, were, in fact, written by other people. including democrats.
The range of opinions is why I subscribe 😉
I do however feel that a lot of the Never Trump folk really struggle to call out their own in the same way they can easily point to how the D’s should do things.
Possibly or it could be that you are more aware/sensitive to the one vs the other. I personally feel that the Bulwark absolutely pummels the GOP every single day...that's why I like it...because the GOP totally deserves it!
Possible for sure but I was a registered Independent for most of my voting life. Jeff, my deal is the same as Shawn’s. The next 2-4 are binary, it is Trumpism or it is Democrats. I just don’t see any world where Republicans actually a viable alternative, and pretending they are is harming the country. IMHO.
If that is the case, then I think it would really behoove you to note which parts you agree with and which parts you disagree with. Because when you merely post a wall of quoted text, it comes with your implicit endorsement and agreement with the message. To put it another way, on those much less frequent times you quote someone from the more progressive Left (and certainly when you quote the Trumpy right), you are *explicit* in noting areas or the completeness of your disagreement.
I mean that's the weakness of democracy. When only 2/5 people have a college education, and when most people are only knowledgeable about a few things, which is entirely normal and reasonable, it becomes hard to manage a democracy. Most people only know a lot about a few things. And that's fine! that's why we elect people.
But in general, our politics tends to be the sort where you start with cultural beliefs and then backfill the rest. Ergo, if you're a liberal, chances are you have some sense of the world, and your beliefs flow from that. If you're a conservative, you have a sense of what that means, and then you fill in the rest.
The problem is that what you fill in the blanks with matters when the conditions change. So if you're someone who's highest calling is defeating Trump, that means you're pulling for democrats, because that's the only win condition. But that might mean that you have to support policies you hate. Much like to defeat Trump, lots of democrats had to pull for Biden.
I'd rather my neighbor have no college degree than one from Liberty or Hillsdale