Posted by floatingbridge on May 16, 2011, at 20:13:06
In reply to Trump This....Karl Rove lets the side down, posted by sigismund on April 19, 2011, at 21:46:06
sigi, I read the transcripts of Pinskey, the Reverend, and the student. Pretty representative, I hope, both regarding Pinskey and the Reverend. I esp appreciated her remarks, her having ministered to the victims of 9/11 and their families.
The student. It's hard to put my finger on it. Something made me uneasy.
Maybe that she had this figure for evil--
that even in mid-sentence the logic (or identity?) was slippery. She almost sounded coherent. But not quite. I
suppose that's accurate, her representation of many citizens. At least that is my opinion based on observations.As I think about it, maybe it is the narrative of a child entering the age of rational thought who had no exposure to real discussion, (because any dissention could become subject to ridicule or accusations of treason) unless they were lucky enough to be ministered or exposed to someone like the Reverend on PBS who helped people move their grief and horror. In theory, an unprocessed traumatic narrative has a similar feeling of non-coherence. I don't
like to think of any citizenry living with an unhealed trauma. Especially a super-
power.Or at least one so enamored of justice and weaponry
I grew up with Hitler presented as the face of evil, but he was dead and we
were heros of the good war. (There's that influence of my cursory reading of Chris Hodges again....)That's just my opinion here on the
politics board.Thanks for talking about current events.
It's good to have a thought every so often.
* and whoever gazes at the stars will never again be quite alone...
c-ptsd & attendant health concerns
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