Tell you what. I tried to empathize with the Democrats just to understand how they think about things, and how they come to their point of view. But I couldn't. Just couldn't.
This is a rather general statement- in particular, I wanted to see how they could ignore the latest news about the Bidens. When I tried this, I found it impossible. That's all. Just impossible.
But it IS possible for me to empathize with those who have been taken in by the Dems. I was "taken-in" at one time. At one time, I was a lot more "centrist" than I am now. Not that I am now "right-wing". There are those who would say that I am, but I've already explained how and why that isn't so. But it doesn't seem to sink in for certain people, for some reason. It may be their model for the world that is at stake.
Look, I may be a bit more trusting than is good for me. Such people are the type who can be taken in. There is a word for it. It is called gullibility. Yes, I confess that at one time, I was a bit more gullible than it is comfortable to admit. It had to be true, as I was more centrist. Those who claim to be centrist are either gullible, or they just a bunch of liars. Once I discovered the centrist model was flawed, I changed.
Once I recognized this gullibility, I trained myself to be more skeptical. Yes sir. It took some training. Even now, I think the vestiges are such that things might get by me that shouldn't. The training is always a work in progress, or so it seems.
In short, it is an ideal to question EVERYTHING you hear, no matter the source. But that is work. It is a lot easier to have a TRUSTED source and trust what you hear from that source, than to question EVERYBODY ALL THE TIME. ( I'm not flaming here. Just emphasizing.)
It was really eye-opening to hear the REPUBLICANS talk about Trump the way they did in 2016. I TRUSTED those guys. But not anymore. Maybe not totally trust them. I was critical of them prior to 2016. But 2016 made it much more intense. Now when I think I've been had, I get mad. The GOP seemed a bit too insincere.
Who can you trust these days? Maybe nobody, but you have to trust somebody at least a little.
So I can empathize with those who TRUST the Democrats. It is hard to tell people that they shouldn't trust people that they trust. You won't have their ears, that is for sure.
The fact is, it is a whole different ballgame with the Democrats than with the Republicans. In my opinion, they relish the falseness. The relish the lies. For them, Joe Biden's lies are a resume enhancer. Of course, they'll never admit that. To admit that exposes their false way of life. At least the GOP has to pretend they are more honest. The people who vote for them expect that of them. When a conservative just flat out lies his butt off, a lot of those on the conservative side are disappointed. Like Bush in 1988 saying he wouldn't raise taxes, then going out there and doing it.
It is a Way of Life I am talking about. It seems that Dems entire reason for existence revolves around how they can fool somebody. It is where they get their power. It is embedded in their identity. Therefore, there is no way that they are going to punish Joe Biden for being a big liar that he is. It is what they are themselves. How can they? Unfortunately, there are GOP'ers who are bit too much like that too. I am thinking of the Bushes and their ilk.
It may not be politic to call your opposition liars, but truth is truth. They just don't give a hoot in Hades about the truth. For them, the truth is something that they can use like everything else. They only like it when the truth is to their advantage. Otherwise, they could care less. This is why I don't empathize with them. I can't. It isn't who I am. Or I'd like to think so.
It is supposedly a Mexican proverb that says only fools and children tell the truth. There are other quotes that I can cite that illustrate somewhat the problem. The way of the world is not to be truthful.
"Just trust your own crooked eye" is another quote. It sums things up nicely. I can empathize with someone who gets fooled by a liar, because I've been there. But even the gullible ones cause some impatience. You can get fooled a time or two, but it is no way to run your life. People need to smarten up out there.
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