Comments on: Of thine adversary. https://nathanshumate.com/of-thine-adversary/ I make things, and I make things up. Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:56:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: RK https://nathanshumate.com/of-thine-adversary/#comment-4196 Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:56:58 +0000 https://nathanshumate.com/?p=35948#comment-4196 Eh, as I pointed out on a message board elsewhere, one of the reasons some people are so frightened right now is because they’re speculating about what we’re going to do to them based on what they were planning to do to us. One obvious way to allay such fears—for anyone who’ll listen—is simply to point to Trump’s political record, almost all of which (other than his early abortive stint with Ross Perot’s Reform Party) is to be found in his first term as President: did he e.g. use the military to round up everybody he didn’t like into concentration camps/gulags to be deported/executed then? The other obvious way to allay such fears, of course, is simply not to do those things; which (unfortunately) Trump will mostly have to wait until he’s inaugurated not to do, but in the meantime, we can at least try not doing unto our enemies as they’ve done unto us either.

Being civil and respectful in an age when our enemies have taken to defining “civility” and “respect” as agreement and obedience is no easy task, but it’s what we have to do. I find The Babylon Bee‘s somewhat humorous approach (e.g. its facetious listicle describing ways Trump’s next term as President may just destroy the world) to be fairly effective. Those jokers aren’t the only ones who know how to break the tension, though; one piece I suspect will continue to be handy in elections to come (and—unlike some of The Babylon Bee‘s political humor—won’t be too dated by then) is an AI-generated piece which I find to be the most civil, respectful, and… generic political protest song ever: “We Don’t Think You’d Be A Good President (Respectfully, We Won’t Vote For You)” by Grey Afternoon

]]> By: Carl Brown https://nathanshumate.com/of-thine-adversary/#comment-4189 Mon, 11 Nov 2024 05:27:38 +0000 https://nathanshumate.com/?p=35948#comment-4189 Beautiful thoughts.
Just what we need now.

]]> By: Aleta Clegg https://nathanshumate.com/of-thine-adversary/#comment-4183 Fri, 08 Nov 2024 01:51:19 +0000 https://nathanshumate.com/?p=35948#comment-4183 Well said on so many levels. It’s time for everyone to use some common sense and grace and be patient with each other. It’s time to learn how to disagree in a civil, cordial manner. It’s time to be our better selves.

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