“Looking back and, looking forward”.

Here we are; “The Year Of Our Lord 2021”. . .

Based on recent elections, half of the American Population laments that 2020 marked the end of (former) President Donald Trump’s time in the ‘White House’.

The other half is celebrating his departure from Washington and hoping for ‘better things’ from, ‘eventual’ President Kamala Harris.

‘Temporary’ President-Elect Joe Biden, is calling for ‘unity’ between Democrats and Republicans.

So, I looked up ‘naïve’, ‘ingenuous’ and ‘oblivious’.

Perhaps they all apply, does Biden think there is any chance at all of ‘reconciliation’ between our current warring factions?

Seems like the right of ‘Free Speech’ means that each of us has the ‘right’ to say anything we want to, about anything we want to!

Unfortunately, the is no ‘constitutional’ obligation, for anyone to ‘listen’!

As I See It, it’s a waste of time talking with people who agree. Who learns what?

For example, we all agree that the earth is flat.

But would listening to some ‘crackpot’ explain why they think the earth is ’round’ enlighten us?

Another example, should we listen to the ‘nutcases’ who really believe that the earth rotates around the sun, when our trusted leaders in government, religion and science have proven that, in fact, our planet is the center of the universe?

Below are a few excerpts from a couple of modern political thinkers.

-One writer to another:-

“…. you embrace everything that is immoral and evil. No tolerance for others views. My way or the highway. We do it my way or you get off this planet. The ultimate intolerance“.

So, the writer labels his opponent “intolerant’, but then says, “You are so easy to fool” and “You have no clue” and “You are being hoodwinked“.

Q- I wonder, if they should look in the mirror to see just what intolerance looks like?

Here’s another one:-

“We have just voted in a bunch of idiot power-luster socialists. Are we that stupid? “Syndicalism’ is the new name for the latest form of enslavement”.

Q-Is this paragraph for or against President Trump?

Here’s another one: “We are at war. Evil appears to have won this round. You will suffer the consequences of your stupidity. They are ruthless in their pursuit of evil. How else could you riot and loot, and kill rather than dialogue?”

Q- Doesn’t ‘dialogue’ include ‘listening’?

The writer continued, “You are the stupid ones. Even though you revel in evil, this will go beyond evil. Dead people and Dipsey Doodles just elected a president”.

Q- Are the the biblical phrases “Peace to men of goodwill” and “Blessed are the meek” irrelevant in our New World?

Years ago, I had a ‘boundary dispute/legal description’ with my neighbor. She was ‘meek’ and ‘good-willed’. I was not!

As we stood there, her smiling and me glaring, she said, “Put this marker on the ground where the boundary should be. And I will do the same“.

Two adversaries each believing, “I am right and you are wrong“.

I asked, “So? What now?”

Her answer was “What works best for you? We can go to court and take our chances, or, you give me half of what you own and I will do the same”.

She was a great neighbor for the next 20 peaceful years.

I learned that “meek” rhymes with “weak” but they don’t mean the same thing at all.

Perhaps we will all try to do better in this New Year of 2021.

’til next time. . . . .

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