Here on this ol' planet of Earth, there are a lot of people, a lot of issues, and a lot of stances on a lot of issues. You are going to disagree with most people on most issues most of the time. You are going to agree with some people on some of the issues some of the time. Some of these people you will form broad coalitions with; some of them you will form intimate associations of solidarity with; some of them you will say, hey, when that guy says X, I agree. Sadly, there will likely be many more of the last than of the former two. As someone who has voted but never ever felt good about the people he voted for, that feeling is familiar.
For anyone to read what I wrote today and say, "Hey, that Freddie loves Rand Paul and is a libertarian," there are three and only three possibilities. They are:
1. You are such a partisan that you can't see beyond the narrowest interests of your political party and its electoral needs. I have nothing for you.
2. You are a deeply, deeply stupid person. I would be glad to set up Skype video lessons on the difference between agreeing with someone on a particular issue and choosing them as your personal messiah and political leader, for the low low price of $29.95 an hour.
3. You are motivated not by arriving at the true, the constructive, or the good, but on elevating your social station with a small group of connected media insiders who you constantly interact with through a steady drip of meaningless microcommunications that exist not to deliver propositional content or expand discourse but to endlessly signal your seriousness and your tribal affiliation. For you, too, I have nothing. Sorry.
That about sums it up.
Thursday, 11 April 2013
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