Reply #70: Good observations/questions. [View All]

[msmcghee]

First, I don't claim to have all (or even many of the answers). Please accept my posts as heartfelt ramblings but I don't claim that they are right, just guesses. That said . .

I don't think intelligence has much to do with it. In fact - really smart people are just better at devising intricate logical arguments to support what they already believe.

We all go around claiming that our particular pov is logically correct - and all the others are logically flawed. IMHO that's just a mind game.

Being one of the good guys, is therefore based not on logic but on having a world view that is life affirming. Politically, I believe a system that makes it possible for the greatest number of people to have happy, fulfilling lives is the best system.

That's why I support values like fairness, honesty, tolerance, inclusion and equality - the values that the dem party is (supposedly) based on.

I can say that those values feel good and feel right to me - and maybe that's as far as I need to take it. But I feel strongly enough that I'm willing to speak out whenever I get the chance. I know that most of what goes on here at DU is preaching to the choir. I do spend some time spreading the dem values message in other foruums.

I know those values feel good and right to most Americans - and that's why we should be winning this battle for the hearts and minds of America - not getting our butts kicked by the dark side - who reject these values.

That's why the dem leadership needs to start communicating symbolically - not whining about process. We need to do and say what we know is right, what feels right. We need to draw some hard lines against the selfish, brutal, destructive acts of this admininstration.

The rest of America will be with us once we start doing that with conviction - because at heart - they share our values.

Cheers