Double Flee A

Years from now it will be an important and acknowledged and much discussed issue, exactly what were people applauding when George W. Bush said "You're either with us, or you're with the terrorists". It will not be discussed for a while because of the implication tht people are dumber than hell when they think that means something, let alone something good.

Is it good to have things that simple? Do people just like applauding? The flaws revealed by these simple questions are clear and too plentiful to enumerate given my schedule, but I trust if you think about it, you'll find yourself asking questions that should be on the front pages of newspapers, not swept into op-ed pieces hidden back beneath the solution to yesterday's crossword or wherever they are. It's not my imagination that there is a disease in this method of reasoning. It's a big problem and thinking like "there's the good over here, and the bad over here! see my hands? here, and here! got it? vote for me!" isn't helping.

posted by dale @ 10:00 AM