Honestly, I was iffy about watching, but am glad I did. All of last night’s debate’s candidates, though I have my differences with each, wowed me with their civility. Here, the New Yorker uses it to take a jowel deep tongue in cheek (yes, satirical) jab at our Politics.
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[Capti: “Calling it a gaffe of historic proportions, many political insiders were still scratching their heads Wednesday morning over Sanders’s bizarre decision to act toward his opponent as if she were a fellow human being.”]
I have major beef with both of this country’s major political parties, however, the democratic lead candidates that took the stage last night are far and away the better of the two parties fieldings.
Or maybe they are just as bad, but can at least talk nice in public, who knows. But, it gave me hope at least.
And, it was Nice to see Martin O’Malley again, I was impressed. My years in Baltimore were while he was mayor and then Governor, and he isn’t awful. Downright solid in some things.
I still think localism is the way to go and expect the devolution of this nation into functional city states and wilds in the next 2-10 years. I still take deep issue with our federal government and consider myself informally seceded, long since. Love this country and it’s people, am heartbroken by its national tyranny and international warmongering to support it.
But, a return to civil discourse and civil treatment of each other is a huge step in the right direction, a necessary one if we are to make any true and lasting change for the better.
Next time you find yourself with a choice between civility and lack thereof, in a situation where your initial tendency is less than civil, less than understanding – take a moment and a breath and reflect on the other’s fundamental humanity, and try the nobler of the two, and see what happens. Not saying it will always give you your desired outcome – in fact that will rarely be the result, no matter your response. However, I bet you will learn something about yourself and the world, and the other – as will they, bringing about greater understanding over all. And really, when we get right down to it, isn’t that what we are all seeking, in so many of our various pursuits?