I usually say “evil, ignorant or stupid” but I think I have used those terms before. Whatever the words the choice is still there. I keep hearing people make excuses for others. They will talk about how they are really good people but they don’t understand. When the person being described is well educated and well read that doesn’t wash.
Take any issue from global warming to abortion. There is plenty of evidence. It can be found with a little looking and a little thinking. That is true even in a day of fake news. When someone claims that voter ID is a racist idea you need to ask yourself who is the racist. Is the racist the one who wants honest elections or the one who assumes that minorities are too helpless to have ID? How in the world do you think they cash checks? I had to show my ID three times yesterday just going through the business of the day. It seems racist to me to think that because someone is black and poor they can’t function without the Democrats to protect them.
I am sorry. Many of these people are either evil, ignorant or stupid. Take your pick. If that is too insensitive then go with ignoble, ignorant or incompetent. They are not just nice people who are wrong.
homo unius libri
As long as it garners votes, they'll keep doing it.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it is time to stop being polite.
DeleteGrace and peace.