Watching this incredible time in American politics, I'm struck by so much of the duplitiousness. I'm an especially big fan of the notion that whataboutism is somehow an invalid or otherwise bad thing - of course it's fair to point out that the speaker or the speaker's allies have the same infirmity being criticized. Yet somehow those on the Right aren't permitted to identify glass houses. And now we watch the defense of Biden's debate collapse. And we hear, "But what about the fact that Trump lied?" Funny - it's a whatabout that isn't even apples to apples; it's just pure deflection from an obvious (cheap fake?!?) catastrophe. (Putting aside for the moment the obvious truth thst hyperbole is not a lie.) And then there're the courts, a bastion of the Republic when they're attacking The Donald or are otherwise Left, and an institution to be torn down (from the top, no less) when their decisions help him or are otherwise to the Right.
But, for me, the duplicitousness isn't even the main thing. It's this absolutely hysterical notion that the other (i.e., non-Trump) candidate just has to win, lest democracy and the country have seen their last appearances on Earth. Trump may win. Trump may lose. It'll be OK, in terms of the Eternal Timeline. I've got otherwise reasonable friends who've said things like, "There will never be another election [if Trump wins]." Oh my. What utter absurdity. I guess it's just a specific application of TDS, because it speaks less of hatred (you go, Joy) - which I sorta get, but it really is getting crazier out there - and more of downright lunacy, which is harder for me to understand.
It's really sorta funny, in that arguably the far more cogent concern is that the future is being endangered by a rudderless administration the has opened the southern border and is the laughing stock of some not-so-nice world leaders. But i won't make that argument here, as it's inconsistent with my thesis above that: it'll be OK.
See you in November . . .
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