WHO WILL IT BE?
Who will be the Supreme Court nominee? I don't know the name of the person Bush will nominate, but I do know (strongly believe) that it will be the most divisive, minimally competent person he can locate. The troglodytes, not all of whom are hill-billy Christian types, in Bush's base thrive on opposition. Mean spirited and small minded, they love nothing better than to rile up the "liberals" and get a good, dirty fight going. That solidifies them as nothing else can. Never mind that a nominee meeting their desires would be harmful to the country, to their interests, and to the constitutional principles that have carried them and us so far.
In private life, when we meet up with hateful people, the best tactic is to remain unperturbed and utterly reasonable. Never try to match virturpertion with them That's their forte. If you try to argue with them, you step into their territory where all the advantages are theirs. Stay calm, speak softly, and watch the wind fall out of their sails.
Unfortunately, in public matters the media step in and a moderate tactic simply plays into the hands of aggressors. Thus, if the Democrats adopt a reasonable and objective analysis toward the upcoming Supreme Court nominee, we can expect the media still to present the debate as a conflict, reason and balanced judgement to fall by the wayside, and the more arrogant side, the neocons, to walk all over the Democrats in public opinion and end up with the Court seat.
On the other hand, if the Democrats adopt a confrontational approach to the new neocon nominee, it will simply invigorate the nominee's right wing supporters. The Democrats will be unable to match the viciousness of the right's attacks against them, and the media will declare neocons the winner of the fight. The American public will accept that judgement and, sadly, our nation will move another step closer to fascist perdition.
Thus do hatred, division, and media greed play into the hands of the totalitarians bent on taking over the country.
In private life, when we meet up with hateful people, the best tactic is to remain unperturbed and utterly reasonable. Never try to match virturpertion with them That's their forte. If you try to argue with them, you step into their territory where all the advantages are theirs. Stay calm, speak softly, and watch the wind fall out of their sails.
Unfortunately, in public matters the media step in and a moderate tactic simply plays into the hands of aggressors. Thus, if the Democrats adopt a reasonable and objective analysis toward the upcoming Supreme Court nominee, we can expect the media still to present the debate as a conflict, reason and balanced judgement to fall by the wayside, and the more arrogant side, the neocons, to walk all over the Democrats in public opinion and end up with the Court seat.
On the other hand, if the Democrats adopt a confrontational approach to the new neocon nominee, it will simply invigorate the nominee's right wing supporters. The Democrats will be unable to match the viciousness of the right's attacks against them, and the media will declare neocons the winner of the fight. The American public will accept that judgement and, sadly, our nation will move another step closer to fascist perdition.
Thus do hatred, division, and media greed play into the hands of the totalitarians bent on taking over the country.
posted by Jerry at 8:20 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home