This past week has been uneventful. I have a paper due Tuesday so I did not do anything this weekend aside from write the thing. Lara and I went and saw Legion on Friday, which was a good movie.
If you did not catch the State of the Union last week, it was phenomenal. The President called out everyone to do better. He went after Republicans, Democrats, science skeptics, himself and the Supreme Court. What was even more impressive was when he went to the House Republicans and did a question and answer period. He actually walked over to the other side and asked them why they got beef. It is a long video but if you have an hour, I highly suggest watching it:
If you do not- One of the highlights was Obama explaining that they should stop trying to demonize him and the Democrats because all they do is paint themselves in to a corner where they cannot agree with the other side. That is not arguing in good faith. It is like Jonny Damon going to the Yankees; Red Sox fans hate him (good thing he is not elected). It is like calling the other football team a bunch of rapists then signing with them a little later. It is not right.
I get in to this debate with my mother every once in a while where she tells me I should just let things go and not even bother arguing with people who may never agree with me. Seeing Obama do just that is completely inspirational and should be to every person to engage the people who disagree with him or her. What is important though is reality and not rhetoric (as Obama puts it). Facts should be the common ammo, not name-calling, half-truths, lies and complete nonsense.
::Ant out::
As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests. --Gore Vidal
