tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post4596216713059311469..comments2024-02-14T11:00:03.180-05:00Comments on Tom McLaughlin: Divided America On DisplayTom McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07691546351143209227noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-15482948413993494702018-10-06T13:02:32.184-04:002018-10-06T13:02:32.184-04:00M. Scott Peck, M.D.
"The Road Less Traveled&...<br />M. Scott Peck, M.D. <br />"The Road Less Traveled"-1978. Brilliant<br />Oh, by the way.....<br />The Blind Men and the Elephant<br />https://wildequus.org/2014/05/07/sufi-story-blind-men-elephant/<br />Personally, I find more "answers" to controversial subject matter with Aesop (or Brothers Grimm) than I do in "the latest" from Wikipedia.CaptDMOnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-21874606049358861292018-10-06T00:14:53.708-04:002018-10-06T00:14:53.708-04:00I dunno Barbara. If I get my GPS out and type in “...I dunno Barbara. If I get my GPS out and type in “home” it’s going to take me to a certain address. If you do the same your GPS will take you to your house.<br />Both units were correct. Both took us to different places.<br />I believe a lot of what we all perceive as “the truth” is quantified by our own life experiences.Jaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-60229267543086952812018-10-04T07:06:58.675-04:002018-10-04T07:06:58.675-04:00The first half of this article really spoke truth ...The first half of this article really spoke truth about what is going on today.. Then the author, you Tom, shows that he is a victim of the same type of thinking that occurs when one has lost his roadmap. It is not all about abortion. It is about truth.<br />Barbaranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-4877833639955868552018-10-03T23:08:43.126-04:002018-10-03T23:08:43.126-04:00I’m not sure what causes the divide either Peter. ...I’m not sure what causes the divide either Peter. Maybe it comes down to what makes sense for people. I may read that Senator so and so said that he/she was in a certain situation and did a certain thing. Based on my own life experience I may think that made sense or it didn’t.<br />If somebody I’ve known all my life who I’ve known to be a very honest person is accused by someone else of stealing something, I’ll most likely not believe it. Somebody else who I’ve known to be a lifelong thief is accused, I might believe it. A restaurant has many bad reviews and someone says the food there is not good, I might believe it. One person says the food is great, I will likely doubt their review.<br />If your family has been buying Ford trucks for the last 30 years and have never had a problem but someone tells you Rord trucks breakdown all the time, you might tend to doubt it. Try to tell another family that Ford makes great trucks when they have had many problems with them and they’ll think you don’t know what you’re talking about, even though you’ve never had a problem.<br />As far as what goes on in DC, we are all at the mercy of the media. Most of us don’t actually know any of these people. We rely on the media to give us the information that we need to make up our own minds about what makes sense and what doesn’t.Jaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-13597045449740221062018-10-03T21:53:34.769-04:002018-10-03T21:53:34.769-04:00I just read the post before mine and couldn't ...I just read the post before mine and couldn't help but be amazed at the contrasting experiences. My family comes from grandparents on both sides who were very formal and conservative. Proud, long time members of the Republican party. They were fans of Reagan, as was I in my formative years. My grandfather turned during the Bush years. I remember he hated the Oliver North fiasco, but it was the George W. Bush years, and the WMD lies, that really made him sick. But these things being the opposite of Jay's experiences, I too have spent many an hour researching and contemplating truth and all sides of our politics. So I am not sure what actually causes the divide, except our ways of taking in information and how we respond to things we think are lies, regardless of who is telling them.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02045130020607684069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-3867625533874957842018-10-03T21:17:10.614-04:002018-10-03T21:17:10.614-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02045130020607684069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-72664500060012458452018-10-03T20:56:52.163-04:002018-10-03T20:56:52.163-04:00I think this whole divisiveness issue can be mostl...I think this whole divisiveness issue can be mostly boiled down to the matter of "Truth". How did it get so easy to avoid the real truth? Who can we trust in this whole affair? Kavanaugh? Ford? There is a reasonable possibility that both of them are lying about parts of their stories. But all of us brush aside any lie if it supports our side and bolster our opinions that we form without the evidence of truth. We accept what we know are lies if they come from our side! I think it would be the rare person, who at least to themselves, wouldn't agree that Donald Trump has told many lies. Some people claim that Obama did the same, and if so it only strengthens the idea that this needs to STOP. Nobody's character is worth a damn if their word cannot be trusted. Why do we let this continue? Bush/Cheney? Liars. The Clintons? Liars. Aaaargh! Why lie about the dumb yearbook? Why be so PC? Tell the truth, yes you partied waaay too much, like many teens, you most likely blacked out sometimes, and are very embarrassed about lots of your attitudes towards girls and sex. I guess the risk with the truth there was leaving open the possibility that you honestly don't remember it, but it did happen. Which we all have to consider. I don't know what happened, I don't know what will happen, and I am glad it is not me that has to decide.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02045130020607684069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-81759389699073552952018-10-03T19:31:05.449-04:002018-10-03T19:31:05.449-04:00I have talked to many many people who grew up bein...I have talked to many many people who grew up being liberal and switched to conservatism. Many were democrats who switched to being Republicans. They all say, without fail, that it was difficult and a little gut wrenching because you more or less have to realize that many of things you used to believe in were wrong. It was the same for me<br />I grew up in a fairly liberal minded family. I detested Ronald Reagan during his first term. It wasn’t till toward the end of his first term that I really started paying deep attention to what was going on and what was being reported.<br />It wasn’t easy for me, nor any of my friends who were liberals and are now conservatives, to change the GPS maps. It took a lot of reading and research and some of the research was hard for me to swallow. Since then I have read a ton of books by liberals and conservatives to try to gain insight into both paradigms. I was willing to do this because I felt like it was my duty as a citizen. But not everyone will be willing to make that commitment and there you have the great divide that we are seeing today.Jaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-23815695453009365372018-10-03T19:13:12.235-04:002018-10-03T19:13:12.235-04:00in instances such as rape then some peoples positi...in instances such as rape then some peoples position is just like "The Handmaids Tale" and the women should be forced to have children. and it does not seem very fair but instead seems divisive to say that the left views pregnancy as an accident on the sexual liberation highway.Karen O.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-9804894133348689342018-10-03T13:27:41.097-04:002018-10-03T13:27:41.097-04:00I do feel compelled to say this - It makes it much...I do feel compelled to say this - It makes it much harder for our country to deal with such divisiveness when the tone is being set by our President. After admitting Ford was credible, why then go to a rally and start mocking her? Why is he scared to use the same respectful tone he did earlier when speaking to his base? Such actions from our leaders are a large part of the problem.Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-89085558452457064522018-10-03T10:15:56.430-04:002018-10-03T10:15:56.430-04:00Biting my tongue on reacting to more hypocritical,...Biting my tongue on reacting to more hypocritical, dividing statements.Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-32791296486693637082018-10-03T09:57:38.766-04:002018-10-03T09:57:38.766-04:00Then there’s the Left’s playbook, Saul Alinsky’s “...Then there’s the Left’s playbook, Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals”, when all reasoning and decorum are thrown out the window to achieve their Marxist objectives.<br /><br />I don’t think the hard-Left has any intention of compromising, getting along or worries about ethics or conventional values other than to destroy them to win. In psychology there is a term known as “confirmation bias” such as reading books by or associating with only like-minded people. <br /><br />Today's Dems are different than traditional Democrats. These revolutionaries want money and power and will use any tactic to achieve both. Hilary was a prime example until someone with a backbone knocked her off her thrown. That’s why they’re going crazy. With a conservative such as Kavanaugh on the bench it will be even harder to move their agenda forward making them not only crazy but violent. Time to lock and load....for self-defense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-16297552197301969222018-10-03T08:11:15.962-04:002018-10-03T08:11:15.962-04:00I thought this week's column was pretty good.
...I thought this week's column was pretty good.<br /><br />As for Uber's comment, it would only be seen as a character destruction if you automatically assumed that Ford was lying. What Constitutional protections were violated? I know he won't answer, because none were violated. And does he really believe that one couldn't come up with thousands of examples of incredible hypocrisy from Republicans? Ironic that he is being hypocritical as he calls others hypocritical. I will try and refrain from engaging more into such ridiculous dividing statements, but it's hard to bite my tongue sometimes. I'm working on it.Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-8925000882421371132018-10-02T16:06:38.175-04:002018-10-02T16:06:38.175-04:00Tom
I saw the hearings as an attempted character ...Tom<br /><br />I saw the hearings as an attempted character destruction of a man by any means possible without any limitations. Now it appears that if you are a white male, then you are not entitled to the Constitutional protections offered by Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment. Perhaps the time has come for white males to be designated as a suspect class under the 14th Amendment. As I see it , the Democrats represent the epitome of hypocrisy and there are more than sufficient facts to prove it!Uber_Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06419709528493883528noreply@blogger.com