The normalization of insanity: From Where I Stand: In a political world that is normalizing the irrational more and more every day, our obligation is not to be like those who would secure themselves by making others insecure.
MGB:_The current insanity is the banality of evil, the totalitarian itch that the GOP is willing to scratch. When the bizarrily named Susan B. Anthony Fund lied about the abortion provisions of the ACA, the bishops said nothing to discourage them. Indeed, they cheered. Rush Limbaugh, FoxNews and the Republican Party can say anything without consequence and a generation believes them because Bill Clinton has a sex addiction and the hidden racism of a generation flaired when Obama was elected President, although the anti-immigrant bias surfaced when President Bush proposed a balaced approach to immigration and his own Congress spat in his face, with pro-life Catholic Jim Sensenbrenner leading the way. It is no surprise that a narcisist billionaire can be elected president based on his borderline racism regarding his predecessor’s birthplace. The worship of success is endemic to capitalism and its Calvinist defenders, who assume it implies both mental health and ability in government. We have found that it implies neither.
No comments:
Post a Comment