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Dan Rather recs Jon Pavlovitz
https://johnpavlovitz.com/2020/08/06/this-presidency-is-killing-relationships-and-were-all-grieving/?fbclid=IwAR0jflThXuoU-CJu9s5oJ-BnMXd7664Pv08Ic_RbajdvP954UXFjlheFzt8andThis Presidency is Killing Relationshipsand Were All Grieving
Ill never understand it.
As long as I live, it will never really make sense to me.
Yeah, Ive read all the research, analyzed all the data, digested a thousand think pieces, and watched countless late night cable TV commentaries over the past four yearsand all of them together still dont add up to this.
They dont explain once rational, otherwise decent, educated people fully taking leave of their senses: people Ive grown up with, served on mission trips with, families whove had my kids over for sleepovers, older relatives I spent decades aspiring to become, ministers I once respected for their compassiona rapidly growing army of people who I was sure knew better than this.
Nothing adequately explains their complete rejection of Science.
Nothing completely accounts for them instantly embracing the most nonsensical of conspiracies.
Nothing truly prepared me for their social media explosions of racism.
Nothing fully connects the dots between their past goodness and this present ugliness.
I can microscopically parcel out every conceivable contributing factor: white supremacy, the pro-life lie, Fox News propaganda, toxic masculinity, Evangelical indoctrination, intellectual laziness, manipulated nationalism, unchecked capitalism, hatred for Hillary, political fatigue, disenfranchisement, fear of replacement, and celebrity worship:
They fail to adequately explain how I lost people I loved and respected.
They dont cushion the pain of these separations.
They dont make it easier for me to grieve the loss of living people.
They dont comfort me in these relational funerals.
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Dan Rather recs Jon Pavlovitz (Original Post)
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Aug 2020
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RainCaster
(10,869 posts)1. JohnP has been on my short list since 45 was elected
Some weeks he writes more, but it's always quality stuff. Leaves me with a hint of hope.
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)2. I agree with everything in his piece except that "they're a rapidly growing army of people."
The Republican base is not rapidly growing. It is actually shrinking.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/opinion-tough-election-math-for-trump-his-base-is-shrinking-11594250191
Martin Eden
(12,864 posts)3. Pavlovitz speaks truth
No easy way around this tragedy.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)4. I've recently lost a friend to the STUPID-45 virus.
He's now dead to me.