tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post2779575998184485279..comments2024-03-26T13:46:42.738-05:00Comments on 4 Quarters, 10 Dimes: The State of the UnionDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-24716861265109843472020-02-06T07:06:03.678-06:002020-02-06T07:06:03.678-06:00Yeah. Okay. Agreed.
But please, for the safety of...Yeah. Okay. Agreed.<br /><br />But please, for the safety of humankind, use a condom.<br /><br />LucyLucyInDisguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169432604954981941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-75926041941723759552020-02-05T16:58:23.966-06:002020-02-05T16:58:23.966-06:00Well, I figured I'd covered the white part ear...Well, I figured I'd covered the white part earlier in the paragraph. Not that you're wrong - non-white evangelicals don't count either - but that was my thinking.<br /><br />I'm not sure if I'm being optimistic (an unfamiliar quality for this native Philadelphian) or if it's just a form of fatalism that comes from studying history and knowing that the pendulum swings back and forth across the years. It's going to take screaming and protesting and action and any number of other things - the arc of history may well bend toward justice but any historian will tell you that it usually has to swerve around a pile of bodies to get there and it often takes its own sweet time in doing so - and it will likely not be fun or easy.<br /><br />But we've been in similar places before and dug out, and I am hoping that serves as a precedent.<br /><br />Never give in. Never surrender. Fuck those guys.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-14711307171809669662020-02-05T14:36:48.234-06:002020-02-05T14:36:48.234-06:00Two minor quibbles:
“…people who are not [white] ...Two minor quibbles:<br /><br />“…people who are not <b><i>[white]</i></b> evangelical…”<br /><br />And, I don’t think you should have dignified <i>them</i> by capitalizing the word.<br /><br />Times are indeed grim. AND, yes! We are Americans.<br /><br />I so wish I could whole-heartedly share the optimistic view you so eloquently stated after that line, but unfortunately, while 40% of us are fine with fRumpy, and 40% of us want to throw him and his minions back to the Russians, I fear that we have yet another unquantified set of the population who are either afflicted with fear, or worse still, apathy. <br /><br />More than 20% of eligible citizens are not even registered to vote. Of those of us who are registered, only about 60% actually cast a ballot in the last Presidential Election. Poll numbers only tell part of the story - those who remain silent must find their voice and the will to participate in our government, or things are not going to change much.<br /><br />Until we energize and engage those spectators who sit idly on the sidelines and bitch, until we figure out a way to fix those numbers, I shall continue to fear for our Republic.<br /><br /> And call. And write. And sign petitions. And protest. And fight. And <i>SCREAM</i>. <br /><br />And, yes, even weep for our Republic.<br /><br />But I will never, ever, just give up and surrender.<br /><br />LucyLucyInDisguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169432604954981941noreply@blogger.com