Friday, June 2, 2017

The 1% Feeds off Hysteria and Chaos

My once in a while political observation:


His supporters already have a persecution complex about the media. Don't feed it. We play into his hands when we use heated and hysterical rhetoric. It just pours gasoline on the fire. We have plenty of ammunition through several investigations in the Congress (more than a few Republicans see through him). So far he has proven to be incompetent and politically ill-advised and is likely to not improve. Think of how bad it would be if real political operatives, like Ryan, were in his place. The only card he has to play is the hysteria of the opposition. It serves to pump up his supporters. Climate change, the Health Care Act, and so on, have serious problems that need looking at. Look at them objectively and we take away another tool he uses. If we stop making excuses for losing we will do better. The solution is in the problem. Come one people, we don't need to alienate almost 50% of the voters by calling him, and them, idiots, and focusing on the minutia of rhetorical twitter errors, throwing around terms like fascist and so on. That is what the fanatics on the right did with President Obama. Treat him with the respect of his office, whether you like him or not, lest we become the same ilk of fanatics we despise. I believe that, by respecting the office of the Presidency, we diffuse his rational. The FBI and the NSA already have a close watch on him with several investigations and, if they don't succeed in taking him down, his energy will certainly be sapped. That is all he has in reality is the energy of an alienated public. He doesn't have a plan of his own. Congress will not stay in his camp much longer... they need to be re-elected. Our system of government does not bend easily to radical change. It is geared to grind away slowly always frustrates the will of dictators in the long run. I fear the emotional outrage of his critics more so than I do his impotent twittering gestures and I know that if we take the heat off our rhetoric we have a better chance. Of course, I know there are some who don't want a solution. They feed off conflict and grievances. Don't let your righteous indignation be used against you. We fall into the hands of the 1% when we cry out to create chaos

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