2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Forget Sanders and Clinton for a moment. This is a symbolic schism that has been long brewing [View all]Fairgo
(1,571 posts)Where the public can explore ideas and debate in a shared and convivial space. I appreciate your take on the struggle of ideology. People forget that in a political space, the individual is defined by the policies they trade in, not the team they think they belong to. The"real world" that they claim as the anchor of their existence is an allegiance to surface stimuli, a fascination with colors and
Logos and labels and the immediacy and righteousness of their visceral experience. On both sides, every side, the inability or refusal to challenge the ideas beneath the experience creates a confederacy of dunces amused by their ability disrupt discourse.
Please continue with this line of thought. It needs to be said, it needs to be explored. In the marketplace of ideas, there are many voices. Some speak, some bray. Others strain to listen.