My wife tells me that there is a new profile photo being adopted on Facebook, a black circle to protest the election of Donald Trump.
Tell me again who is seeking unity in the country? I have mentioned this here all the way back to the first Obama inauguration, where the overall positive sentiment for a president was noticeably higher at the beginning of a Democrat's term - Republicans and especially Independents giving him a chance - than for a Republican's - hatred and opposition from day one, back to 1960. I did it by the Gallup numbers, which were telling. I also remember it (though imperfectly, when I compared it to the data). I was there for a lot of it and was a sneering liberal, showing my superiority. I know which is the divisive force in this country, and was proud to be part of it as a teenager.
It is just old, older than I am at this point, that liberals say their guys are uniters, when they haven't had to move an inch but their opponents have made the effort; but MSNBC back through Newsweek ask if the new Republican can be a uniter, then in the next breath declare he probably won't be, because of all the liberal ideas he won't pick up, the bastard. And don't even get me started on 2000.
Are they acting like pirates?
ReplyDeleteA Guardian article today cracked me up. The author acknowledges that the problem is simply that lots of people fervently hate leftists. And why? Obviously because they're bigots. If we call them bigots some more, they'll come around to loving us.
ReplyDelete"But we called him a fascist. Weren't you listening?"
ReplyDeleteI loved the Jon Gabriel comment "Have you tried talking down to them?"
"I was there for a lot of it and was a sneering liberal, showing my superiority"
ReplyDeleteThe characteristic expression is a sneer. The characteristic conservative expression is a truculent grumble, as use in the classic line, "Get off my lawn."
I didn't see a lot of urge for unity on either side. It seemed both sides were mostly animated by a dislike of the other.
ReplyDeleteEarl, I would agree with that. But I give the conservatives a half point for not always saying that they are the ones for unity. They tend to say "Well, we're just right, dammit" with a truculent grumble, as you say. Though the grumble rather than shout part may be dated now. We can all point to divisive things that Trump and other Republicans say. Obama, or Harris, or Klobuchar, etc say equally divisive things. It is increasingly about information silos.
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