I watched the Tampa tea party-hosted Republican presidential debate last night - aghast. The low-light came when Ron Paul was presented a question of what the government ought to do for a thirty-year-old who rolled the dice and went without health insurance, had an accident, was in a coma. Before Paul even had a chance to vocalize his usual "no government is good government" response, the tea party patrons in the hall began to shout "let him die!" This crushing economic recession is inexorably crushing social civility with it. I can only hope that I am witnessing a radical minority and there are enough of us left who keep our heads to vote down this stuff in a general election. Otherwise all signs point to a fascist climate similar to 30's Nazi Germany.
"...
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity." - Yeats
My boy, Yeats, knew our politics all too well when he darkly noted "the centre cannot hold."
"...instead of embracing the 'emptiness'..., in which we could find the bliss of being free from and unburdened by any idea, reference, or concept, we grasp at the dubious security of the familiar comforting drama of our emotions, driven by our deep habitual tendencies." - S.R.
And that goes double for conservatives.
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