Polarization
posted by Andrew Simone
The Soap Box: Election ‘08
My little soap box largely rests on the ideas I wrote about last post, so I tend to be less concerned with politics than most and, further, recognize the Democrat and Republican are not some sort of ontological marker of who is smart and not. Politics aside, I cannot stand behind folks devalueing an idea by simply calling it foolish and it is pretty much the reason I made the comments I made below (specifically before I was called foolish):
lonelysandwich had a great post which was arguing, essentially, that we shouldn’t be douchebags because we fear the Republicans (or whoever, really) are gaining traction; it does not fit Obama’s political aesthetic which is one of class:
There’s a sense that people sympathetic to the cause are starting to get nervous post-RNC, and are calling out for a change of tactic – one in which our side plays dirty, to win at all costs with so much at stake.
This fear that we’re letting it slip away, once again, when it matters most and when our chances are best has even gotten the better of me. And I like to think I’m pretty good at keeping a level head and calling bullshit on the bad behavior.
Like sandwich, I have also be something of a prick on occasion, but as I have written elsewhere, “Classlessness should be met with class,” which is really the equivalent of saying love your enemies. Here’s hoping we all do that more.
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