Thanks. I appreciate your rational response and discussion.
I see so much passion (and aggression) these days, here and elsewhere, that it makes me worried that good people can unwitting fall into (be manipulated into??) denouncing and trashing the good or the excellent. The targets are framed as "not good enough" or, sometimes unrealistically, "not perfect enough". Do that, and eventually you find yourself in a very small circle. Yes, all "correct-thinking", but likely a group so small that you can't get anything done. Pretty self-defeating.
Politics require people. Lot of them. If one's ideas are good, makes sense, and align with people's values and interests, there's no good reason why large numbers of people can't agree about the 90% and figure out how to iron out the 10% differences. And vote similarly to accomplish good things.
Thanks. I appreciate your rational response and discussion.
I see so much passion (and aggression) these days, here and elsewhere, that it makes me worried that good people can unwitting fall into (be manipulated into??) denouncing and trashing the good or the excellent. The targets are framed as "not good enough" or, sometimes unrealistically, "not perfect enough". Do that, and eventually you find yourself in a very small circle. Yes, all "correct-thinking", but likely a group so small that you can't get anything done. Pretty self-defeating.
Politics require people. Lot of them. If one's ideas are good, makes sense, and align with people's values and interests, there's no good reason why large numbers of people can't agree about the 90% and figure out how to iron out the 10% differences. And vote similarly to accomplish good things.
Cheers.