It must be one of the rules of "Art of War" to change the actual field of battle while appearing to still be engaged.
The assumption in our politics is that the sides are fundamentally in agreement re core values.
To fight on that premise is to have lost before the fight.
The assumption in our politics is that the sides are fundamentally in agreement re core values.
To fight on that premise is to have lost before the fight.
While one side is tangled in exasperated attempts to make congruent utterly discongruous points gives them the advantage to drive truckloads of harm through the gap.
There are far too many examples to list... McConnell's shifting rational &deviousness re the Supreme Court is one.
There are far too many examples to list... McConnell's shifting rational &deviousness re the Supreme Court is one.
Another is the entire Jan6 debacle. How is it possible anyone, of any party, would not want to get to the bottom of such a momentous event?
Well, that assumes that all the parties are essentially devoted by their oath & patriotism to the country & its essential well-being.
Well, that assumes that all the parties are essentially devoted by their oath & patriotism to the country & its essential well-being.
That this is not the case is precisely the matter exampled in the first frame of this post.
The parties are not talking about the same thing, while using the same words to mean very different things.
It is confusing if you do not understand this.
IMO it is one of the basic
The parties are not talking about the same thing, while using the same words to mean very different things.
It is confusing if you do not understand this.
IMO it is one of the basic
reasons the Dem's are consistently flummoxed by the 'Pubs.
When the 'pubs are in power, they do their will without the simplest of regard to the 'dems concerns.
When the 'dems are in power, they try to appeal to the 'better angels', find compromise, to "reason together".
When the 'pubs are in power, they do their will without the simplest of regard to the 'dems concerns.
When the 'dems are in power, they try to appeal to the 'better angels', find compromise, to "reason together".
The 'pubs tie up the 'dems trying to make sense out of nonsense... Meanwhile the 'pubs keep tightening their noose around the neck of the country.
The voter suppression laws are an extreme, and egregious example.
The 'pubs cannot win a basic, fair, democratic election...
The voter suppression laws are an extreme, and egregious example.
The 'pubs cannot win a basic, fair, democratic election...
They know it... and so they do what they are doing... (See @ezraklein for some excellent detailing of this point).
The filibuster. Infrastructure. Etc. The 'pubs have zero intention of participating in the good of the country.
The filibuster. Infrastructure. Etc. The 'pubs have zero intention of participating in the good of the country.
How many attempts did the 'pubs even try re infrastructure while they were in power?
Precisely.
It is a card. A play. A diversion.
And they will keep playing it until the 'dems stop putting their 'money' down, and losing it.
Pelosi seems to finally ready to make that move.
Precisely.
It is a card. A play. A diversion.
And they will keep playing it until the 'dems stop putting their 'money' down, and losing it.
Pelosi seems to finally ready to make that move.
Never forget: The Driving Principle of the Republican Party has long been and is now: To get and retain power.
It is only recently that it is appropriate to add
"At any cost".
And the cost they are willing to pay is high.
Nothing less than gutting the American Experiment.
It is only recently that it is appropriate to add
"At any cost".
And the cost they are willing to pay is high.
Nothing less than gutting the American Experiment.
Another price the present day Republicans are willing to pay:
Inculcating extraordinary ignorance into their followers.
This is another long line that needs attention. It is part of the ploy: to create a cult-like group of believers, in this case, in awe and submission to Trump.
Inculcating extraordinary ignorance into their followers.
This is another long line that needs attention. It is part of the ploy: to create a cult-like group of believers, in this case, in awe and submission to Trump.
Trump, for some unexplainable reason, (thus this thread), retains his grip on the Republican Party.
In order to do that, it is a prerequisite to limit the information available to your tribe. Get your info exclusively from the approved voices. Do not stray...
In order to do that, it is a prerequisite to limit the information available to your tribe. Get your info exclusively from the approved voices. Do not stray...
Do not allow yourself to be confused by unauthorized facts or points of view.
When this becomes a requirement of belonging... then you truly are entering into cult/tribal territory.
When this becomes a requirement of belonging... then you truly are entering into cult/tribal territory.
So this by @paulkrugman is particularly relevant and deeply concerning:
"Closed-mindedness and ignorance have become core conservative values, and those who reject these values are the enemy, no matter what they may have done to serve the country."
nytimes.com/2021/06/28/opi…
"Closed-mindedness and ignorance have become core conservative values, and those who reject these values are the enemy, no matter what they may have done to serve the country."
nytimes.com/2021/06/28/opi…
To conclude, but not finish: it is the reason nothing makes sense. Because those we are trying to communicate with are devoted to their cause, and their cause demands their allegiance in the form of their ignorance.
Everything you think you know about the 'Pubs, that they are pro-military, anti-russian, strong on defense, for the police, conservative economically... make your list...
There is none of it that is actually true.
Their positions have become malleable to the need of the moment.
There is none of it that is actually true.
Their positions have become malleable to the need of the moment.
Couple this with the RightWing/GQP version of "news dissemination and you end up w a modern Mini-True... that is as effective with their memory hole in changing their positions from one moment to another as anything Orwell ever imagined.
Know what we are actually dealing with.
And act and respond accordingly.
The lessons and examples are piling up.
They ought not be dismissed. Nor should they being engaged as if the battles are real.
Find the actual field of battle and focus effort there.
And act and respond accordingly.
The lessons and examples are piling up.
They ought not be dismissed. Nor should they being engaged as if the battles are real.
Find the actual field of battle and focus effort there.
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