Politics spring from family! That's the unifying message in this blog. Both Republican and Democratic positions spring from childhood pain and the anger it stimulated.
In the case of Democrats, however, the basic position is less a victim than as an observer of victims—in my case my Mom. Having suffered through fifteen years of screaming fights as a child between Mom and Dad, I swore I'd never allow that to happen again. Thus was born a Democrat!
In the case of Democrats, however, the basic position is less a victim than as an observer of victims—in my case my Mom. Having suffered through fifteen years of screaming fights as a child between Mom and Dad, I swore I'd never allow that to happen again. Thus was born a Democrat!
I was a victim as well, of course, and reserve a well of hatred to this day for the stupid and cruel everywhere, but that's still unlike the basic Republican position in which hatred is reserved for the smart and cruel—those people who told them they weren't good enough!
The fundamental difference is success in school. Being smart and therefore successful in school, I resented schoolyard bullies, not bullying teachers. Thus the Democratic way: protecting the underdog!
We both hate bullies, but of different stripes. Unfortunately, we end up projecting that resentment on each other! That's why both bases—Democratic and Republican—hate each other so much. We recognize too many of each other's traits from childhood. They're the traits of bullies who made our lives miserable back then!
The fundamental difference is success in school. Being smart and therefore successful in school, I resented schoolyard bullies, not bullying teachers. Thus the Democratic way: protecting the underdog!
We both hate bullies, but of different stripes. Unfortunately, we end up projecting that resentment on each other! That's why both bases—Democratic and Republican—hate each other so much. We recognize too many of each other's traits from childhood. They're the traits of bullies who made our lives miserable back then!
Image:
Eddie~S. (2008, May 17). Bully Free Zone. (flickr: cc-by Eddie~S, May 17, 2008). Retrieved October 26, 2008 from http://www.flickr.com/photos/pointshoot/2500644518/
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