Wise Wednesday
Wise Wednesday
Knowing the Difference, Part II
It’s not merely ‘political’. There’s a direct relationship between your vote and what happens to people’s lives all over the world. There are facts and consequences and labeling them ‘fake news’ doesn’t change them or make them go away.
It’s not a game where one team wins and another loses – think of leaving or allies the Kurds undefended, or doing nothing to Putin for sabotaging our elections and putting targets on the backs of our soldiers – it’s life, death and misery – think of the thousands of children separated from their families on the border (Republican defense – Obama did it too. Well, it was wrong then, too). Think of the negligent Federal response to Covid and people dying alone. (Obama left a plan to deal with this kind of crisis.)
Distinguishing the man from the office is not only essential it is humane and patriotic. And remember, what the man as President does, is done in your name and mine.
The media could help us distinguish the man from the office. So, America, you and me, pull 12,000 troops from Germany (think Putin likes that?) to punish Merkel who he hates, and the media goes to the Secretary of Defense, a Trump minion, and asks why and he comes up with a neat sounding explanation. Or, the President acting in our name sends ‘Federal agents’ to Portland and other Democratic-governed cities (as a political move?) and the media goes to Barr and asks for an explanation.
The media ought to quit screwing around and go to a psychiatrist and ask why is Trump punishing Merkel and Democratic cities and abandoning the Kurds or wanting to destroy children brought here as infants – DACA? The media also might want to go a bit deeper into the hearts and minds of Trump and Republican supporters (such as you who are denying this) and highlight their prejudice, fear and hatred.
