Sol's Culture Wars

Is it going too far to say we're officially a bullshit country now? Or, that the Constitution has become a bad meme? The rule of law is suspect, maybe gone? The powers in the backroom prevail? Government and media are complicit? Agencies function as political muscle? Going back thirty years, never been a Donald Trump fan. Cannot imagine ever being one, given his personality. But, I'm disgusted with the mayhem his enemies have resorted to, so fearful he could win another election. The dopey Democrats are morally blinded by this fear, willing and able to violate every principle of legal sovereignty to ensure Trump can never again be a candidate. Without massive, proven and conceded vote harvesting, and other shenanigans, Democrats aren't confident at all.  I'm afraid that the system may be broken beyond repair when political rivals are targets of wokely weaponized government goons following orders.  It's highly likely the loony zealotry of Trump haters will destroy mo...

When does simple debating turn into jousting to the death? When does civility leave a verbal disagreement? When does discussion become strategic movement on a battlefield?  When the talk turns from the topic at hand to the people who cannot agree. When we shift the talk to you and me. When differences in perspective are weaponized to then hurt and harm in an ad hominem attack made personal. When a person's integrity is questioned because of a different perspective, it's another conversation, apart from the start, and meant to weaken the other. You don't accept all the assumptions of global warming? You're anti-science! You don't agree with critical race theory? You're a racist! You don't agree that male and female bodies competing is fair to anyone? Then, you're anti-LGBT! Debating enters the Octagon when we forget our own decency in order to condemn others for their opinions. Discussion goes off the rails when one is willing for dialogue to crash and bu...