Pierce: THIS IS THE BLEAKEST MOMENT FOR AMERICA IN MY LIFETIME

[ananda]

22. Thanks paleotn.

That was interesting.

My father fought in the South Pacific, flying a plane from an aircraft carrier
which was kamikaze'd while he was in the air (lucky sob!)

Anyway, he always seemed somewhat rational about the war and the Nazis,
and even observed that Hitler probably would have won if it weren't for
Stalin and the Russians.

Here we have huge irony considering the events of this week and the past year.

Also, after my mother died, my dad remarried a rightwing bible-thumper, and
all they watched was Fox news. So racist and willing to believe anything Fox
said.

That was such a sad time for me because he was always pretty racist but kept
it in line as long as my mom was living. Then with that second wife, he changed...
or else just let his true feelings take over...

I think that happens to a lot of people as they get older. Look at Wordsworth,
for example -- a great fiery revolutionary in his youth, a conservative fuddyduddy
in old age.

I guess Jung would call it an example of enantiodromia.