debut: 3/18/05
260 runs
This is what I heard a member of parliament uttered to another on the opposite side while viewing the parliamentary proceedings of a West Indian parliament one day. I was appalled by this low, and it has gotten worse over time to the extent that it has become the new normal to go to and remain in the gutter. The age of healthy debates, where issues and substance were the order of the day is in danger. When the politicians up to the turn of the century, spoke, their levels of education, learnedness and wisdom could easily be discerned from their skillful oratory. No matter how heated the exchanges were between politicians at the time, their presentations were usually pregnant with substance, perfectly blended with humour and candour. They carried out heated debates, and made their points and counter points without crossing the line. You could listen to the debates all day, and could depend on them to learn at least one new word or idea. Not so today. In this age of watered down education, they have hit bottom low. Quite opposite to their predecessors, it is easy to figure out how poorly they have been educated and brought up. The old folks knew that the children, the population listened to them, and the tone of the nation depended on what they set, so they were measured in their output. These days, the politicians don't care what they say in parliament, social media or in public meetings, all of which end up viral. They care not. or know not, through their ignorance, that the tone they set is the same tone that manifest itself in the society. They pay no heed to the fact that the anger and hate they express publicly each day is what spills over into nations of raged youths.
I have noticed that since the advent Trumpism, others have found a reason to be loud, vulgar, hateful, spread lies, slander, misinform. Trump has opened up long standing, suppressed, negative values. Some politicians, especially of the conservative ilk, no longer are interested in truth and honour. Win by any means necessary is their style. They don't care where the propaganda started, or how false it is, as long as it makes their opponent look bad, and could earn them a few votes, they would join in the malaise. It is a sad time for those who are prepared to be the honourable men that democracy depends upon to make it work. By the time these conservatives are done with you, you are smeared beyond political recognition. They create villains of, and among their opponents, and they dehumanize them, they besmirch them. People tend to believe politicians when they speak, and if they are loud, and in your face all day and night, they tend to be believed. So, they use those methods to keep their supporters, and others who are less alert, misinformed and ignorant. And, one other thing of note, when these politicians behave in such lows, their supporters of today do not stop them. In fact, they join the fray of slander and character assassination. People who should know better, their allow their societies and states to decline into webs of crime, refusing to force their politicians back into the era of civil discourse. Instead, they would blame others for their crimes, often their political opponent, or even some racial profiling.
I have noticed that since the advent Trumpism, others have found a reason to be loud, vulgar, hateful, spread lies, slander, misinform. Trump has opened up long standing, suppressed, negative values. Some politicians, especially of the conservative ilk, no longer are interested in truth and honour. Win by any means necessary is their style. They don't care where the propaganda started, or how false it is, as long as it makes their opponent look bad, and could earn them a few votes, they would join in the malaise. It is a sad time for those who are prepared to be the honourable men that democracy depends upon to make it work. By the time these conservatives are done with you, you are smeared beyond political recognition. They create villains of, and among their opponents, and they dehumanize them, they besmirch them. People tend to believe politicians when they speak, and if they are loud, and in your face all day and night, they tend to be believed. So, they use those methods to keep their supporters, and others who are less alert, misinformed and ignorant. And, one other thing of note, when these politicians behave in such lows, their supporters of today do not stop them. In fact, they join the fray of slander and character assassination. People who should know better, their allow their societies and states to decline into webs of crime, refusing to force their politicians back into the era of civil discourse. Instead, they would blame others for their crimes, often their political opponent, or even some racial profiling.
