- I am a political junkie with a considerable conservative bend.
- I am a prolific reader of things political. I love the study of politics and politicking.
- I am a person who is firm in their political foundation with the chops and will to back it up.
- I would say I'm fairly erudite when it comes to language and its use.
- I am also a realist.
In this past election, I voted for Donald Trump. I voted for the agenda he was promoting, not the man himself.
While Left Brain finds his tweets unnecessary and often cringe-worthy, I find them "guy next door who has just had enough-ish" and laugh at them. They provoke immediate reaction from the reactionaries he wants reaction from (phew...now that was a sentence) and that, after all, is what he is after nine times out of ten.
My main objectives in voting for Mr. Trump were:
Build that Wall
Save the SCOTUS
and by golly, do make America greater again.
So far, the SCOTUS has been saved from liberal domination, prototypes for the wall being brought about with talks of how to make others eventually pay for said wall...and by golly, America is on its way to being even better.
Trumps foreign policy beats his predecessor's, hands down, and if you take the time to read, or look about you, while foreign leaders may not like him, they know he carries a big stick and means what he says when it comes to America coming FIRST. We should also take into account that not only is illegal immigration down by 70% but we now also have illegals going back to Mexico.
I consider this a win. So...by and large, this president is doing what I voted for him to do.
I am often posting on my Facebook page in regard to politics and my own views on politics or the political doings of the day. I am on several groups pages on Facebook that discuss such things and share funny memes that I am often found sharing.
Sometimes a friend of the leftist ilk will stroll onto my page and take exception to my view on something that I've shared. I welcome the interaction. I also never shy away with calling 'baloney' on their views when they are without merit, out-and-out erroneous or lacking fact. This, of late, has caused some consternation for those leftist friends.
I think they see it this way, "She (me) wrote something I don't agree with or like, so I will now go tell her that and perhaps why...and that will be the end of it." I see it this way, "the debate is on." The problem for me is that the leftists in my circle, for the most part, debate in talking points and haven't the real background information to back up what they've avowed.
I liken it to my discussions with Left Brain about his Catholic upbringing.
Left Brain was raised in a large Catholic family, lived in a Catholic community, went to Catholic schools and knows all the things he is to repeat, the format of the service and all the symbolism, but for the life of him doesn't know is WHY Catholics do them or WHERE these things came from.
If I ask him why the Catholics believe this, that or the other, and where in the Bible these things are found...he can't tell me. In fact, he doesn't even know the simplest of Biblical stories. It seems Catholics also learn a great deal how to say or do something, about symbolism and purpose without understanding why, how, or where these ideas and ideals come from while protestants are encouraged to get into the Bible and study the history as well as the "meat and taters" of the why's, how's and where's in the scripture.
Leftists (in my circle) seem to know all the talking points without having salient knowledge of the how, why, or where of the matter at hand. When they toss out things like, 'Trump promised this, that and the other and has yet (in his 5 months in office) to bring to fruition any of those promises" (something they would not know had they not garnered it from the zombie media) and you counter with a mammoth list of all the things their president of choice (Obama) promised and never brought to fruition, it stymies them.
Then they take one of the following tacts:
1. Should other conservative friends of yours enter the debate as well, you then all become "haters."
2. They attack your person. "no one likes you," "you are ignorant," "why do you pick on me?"
3. They quietly sink into the abyss never to venture to your page again, or ignore your political ramblings.
An interesting side note to this is ... should they post something on their Facebook page that you take exception to and post rebuttal to, and their friends call you all manner of things, it is all good. Of course their friends are not now, and could never be, haters... that distinction is saved for you and your friends...their friends are just trying to get you to understand their view. This double standard is something I actually find laughable.
A few months ago, a leftist acquaintance took exception to something I posted on my own page and came on with rebuttal, knowing my penchant for parsing such things. You see, politics is to me what sports are to others. When I did not just let her post sit there as "just her opinion," but rather posted a rebuttal and cited the reasons why...she became upset.
In her world, when she posts on your page you are to nod, and say "I SEE" sing Kum Bi Ya, and go on your merry way. Just the week prior I had posted on her page about something I did not agree with her about and her friends attacked en masse. I don't care about that as I can take care of myself, but that she can't see the dichotomy of the thing confuddles the dickens out of me.
Recently I had a 59 year old, sad sack, welfare living, n'er do well of a pot-head I went to High School with let me know that he thought I was a piece of sh*t that had been blocked by everyone he knew. He asked why I kept picking on him (note, he says picking on him, I say had a differing opinion) and then asked if I "picked on him" because he had not asked me to prom! All this because I had a favorable view of the border wall and the wherewithal to post a substantive rebuttal to his post on a mutual friend's Facebook page.
When this type of thing happens my brain goes into hyper-drive. This male called me unintelligent and misspelled it. He called me a piece of sh*t that was low class, not realizing that calling me that for my opinion is the epitome of low class. The comment about prom gave me bad dreams because he truly is, and was, loathsome so best we skip the rumination on that one...but suffice it to say, he went on the attack. I then look at his grammar, syntax errors and poor spelling and wonder at the validity of my High School diploma. Looks like they just pushed some people through, but that is a story for a different time.
Left Brain gets upset when people like the pothead start calling me names. His one goal at that point is to not only protect me but to annihilate them. Luckily, the trash took itself out (blocked me) and the whole debate disappeared from view or Left Brain would have spanked him so hard his mama would have cried.
I think we would all be best served to remember the following:
- Facebook is a public forum, ie a free-for-all.
- One can disagree adamantly, without being a hater.
- Reason before you react and we'll all get along just fine.
- If you can't dazzle them with political brilliance, baffle them with political bullsh*t, doesn't always work.
- If you post it, they will come.
and last but not least
- If you are not ready, prepared, capable or have no background knowledge of what you speak, perhaps it is best to mosey on down to the "if you were a gangster, what gangster would you be" type quiz posts...it will be much safer that way :)
