I dislike dishonesty, particularly when it is used to harm people who aren't doing anything to deserve the harm. This is why I dislike politics-- beyond the institutional theft and aggression, that is.
I dislike the lies the political Left tells against the political Right.
I dislike the lies the political Right tells against the political Left.
Not because either of those statist sides is innocent, but because it seems like liberty is always caught in the middle.
The political Left lies and says that respecting the right of a business owner to choose to not bake a cake is hate which violates the rights of someone to buy a cake from someone who doesn't want to bake one for them. They blame the political Right for this outrage.
The political Right lies and says that anyone breaking a counterfeit "law" they agree with, such as "immigration laws" is a bad guy by definition. They blame the political Left for encouraging this criminality.
The political Left lies and says that if you don't want to ban guns you hate children and don't care if they die.
The political Right lies and says if you don't support the War on Drugs you want everyone to be addicted and on welfare.
The political Left lies and says that socialism isn't suicide.
The political Right lies and says cops are good guys.
The political Left lies about what Trump says and does in a way to rile up their side, and the political Right lies about what Trump says and does in a way to rile up their side.
Most of all, I dislike the lies the political Left and the political Right tell against those of us who don't buy into their lies.
Lies to the Left and lies to the Right. And I'm not on their spectrum at all.
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"I dislike dishonesty, particularly when it is used to harm people who aren't doing anything to deserve the harm."
ReplyDeleteDoes that include stalking, harassing someone, spying on them, playing manipulative crazy weird games with their entire life, without explaining themselves? ...like the killing joke or something.
If so, then me too.
Couldn't agree with you more, Kent. Add to that the Left and the Right's blatant disregard of anyone's individual wishes when that wish is inconvenient to them. As a small, insignificant, but annoying example, I told the Democrats to stop harassing me about voting, on multiple occasions and all I got were more excuses and more harassment. I told the Republicans to quit leaving crap on my door, in violation of two clearly worded and legally binding signs, and they didn't care about that either. Those particular volunteers just kept wallpapering me with more ads.
ReplyDeleteI don't like either group.
Agree. The bottom line is, both Left and Right want to run our lives, everybody's lives. Their stated reasons for wanting to do so vary, but they're a smokescreen for the real game.
ReplyDeleteIdle question: was politics ever anything but corruption and theft? The idealists who founded the country hoped for a government that didn't spend much money and mostly butted out, but already before 1800 there was a betrayal of those ideals. The Whiskey Rebellion and the Alien and Sedition Acts come to mind. So the answer seems to be, politics is always and inevitably corrupt. Which only makes sense, given that the government claims a monopoly of force, which makes it irresistible for those who lust to control others.
Politics-- the political method-- can never be anything other than aggression and theft. Otherwise it would be the economic method where everyone wins.
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