Keyboard warrior

12/9/25:

   Uh oh! It does look like a lot of keyboard warrior-ing is going on with this here blog. Time to re-assess what I'm doing. It is really easy to get caught up in the emotion of factionalism, and ultimately and maybe tragically; thereby going too far.

   Has it gotten to that point yet? Maybe. I will henceforth be vigilant in opposing this tendency. There is no doubt the ease of how one can fall into this deadly trap.

   At the best, this blog is about solutions to problems. Fighting is not a good solution. Better to solve our problems peacefully, as opposed to letting it slip into violence.

   But there is a very strong urge to do just that. Political violence should be resisted and condemned. This is why it is so worrisome that so many people today view that as a justifiable way of resolving differences.

   We have freedom of speech in order to handle our differences, but that requires that all agree to settle our issues with each other through debate. However, debate can devolve into the scene that resulted in Dan Quayle getting insulted in front of a national audience, and folks cheering it all on.

   That was then, nearly 40 years ago; but now it is seen as okay to kill your opponent. What's next? Whatever that is, it isn't good.

   It's always "those other guys". But the blame can be affixed on us all.

   I can only state what I believe with a certain amount of passion. But when that passion is judged to be too dangerous for anybody to see, then what? If that be the case, we are all in a very bad spot. In truth, I was getting in despair awhile back. But things seems to right themselves almost like magic. Maybe it was all a mirage. A trick upon my senses.

   What does the future hold for us with Trump? I think it should at least be given a chance. There are very many against his vision, and have gone to great lengths to stop him. I think that is unfortunate, because I think he can help America a whole lot. Our current leadership, if it can be called that, has managed to run this country into the ground.

   We need a new direction, and Trump has been stymied thus far. To judge him a failure at this point is really not fair to him, nor to OURSELVES. We owe it to ourselves to see how this will turn out. If the mid-terms produce a Democrat victory, it will all be swept away, and I fear a real downturn will commence at that point.

   That's my point of view. It will not be changed, because if there's one thing I feel pretty sure about, the current regime (not Trump but his opposition) has let this country down.

   There's a real effort to stop the guy yet again. But what is so great about the direction we were going that so many think it should continue?

   That is all for now. I don't advocate violence, but persuasion. But if it comes to violence, then there's nothing to do but be prepared for it, and meet it on its own terms.

3/24/16:

The idea for this post has been floating in my head for the last few days.  Since I haven't posted anything today, why not start now?

It is easier to write something than to say it to somebody's face.  It is lot safer to deliver an insult in the safety of one's home.  Lots easier to be brave when there is no real risk.

I am pretty hard on some folks because of their lack of action.  Don't recall if I ever called anybody cowards, but I know I have insulted groups of people here before.  Probably more than a few times on this blog.  Yet, I want to keep that to a minimum.

This is a blanket apology for any of those times.

One group I know I insulted is the so called conservatives.  Not that they don't deserve criticism.  Only that I may have gone too far with some of what I said.

I don't want anything from the conservatives.  The only thing I'd like to see from them is a bit more forcefulness in their approach.  Interesting how they focus in on those who'd rather be on their side, but pull their  punches when going after Democrats.

While saying that here, I don't want to be the keyboard warrior.  No sirree.  I won't kid anybody here about my capabilities.  All I wanted to do here is to help.  Don't want to fight world war three on the keyboard.

Last night I was in a rage.  At least I didn't give vent to it.  Now was as good a time as anybody to swear off the keyboard warrior routine.