| gatorpower |
11-05-2004 05:19 PM |
I think there isn't a significant casual relationship between anything that Michael Moore did and the results from the election. I?m sure he was on people?s minds, as his recent work was ingrained with politics and the role of the American presidency. Realistically, it had about as much effect on the election as the new GTA game.
Ironically, emotions overwhelm reason with this as everyone here is left pulling at straws, conspiracy theories or scapegoats. It?s all rather irrelevant and indolent. The reality of the universe is that the universe sucks, pain & suffering are inevitable and there is no such thing as a simplistic answer.
The grand illusion of the modern world is that humans have evolved intellectually, spiritually and emotionally. This is far from the truth. We are all one step away from being monkeys. As a population, we are arrogant, ignorant, insolent, irrational, hedonistic and the product of our environments. The thing that separates you from the myriads of Germans, who voted Hitler into office and then worshiped him and his ideals until we dismembered their government, is not IQ. Your psychology is no different than those of the Romans in 27 BC, the Minoans on the island of Crete, the Egyptians who built the pyramids, Ghengis Khan?s roving hordes, nor of every great or tyrannical empire that has risen and fallen.
We make believe that we do. We think that taking differential calculus or Cohomology in college lets us stick our noses at our great, great, great grandfathers. Michael Moore is just another human in a long chain of humans that has stretched for thousands of years. The results of this election were inevitable. Blaming a contingent of voters for doing something that humans have done in the past, are still doing and will continue to do in the future is hypocritical and quite silly. Instead of labeling people in the Midwest and other parts of the country as radical christians, complete morons, reactionists severs any ability to understand them and their decision making. This is not an election about George Bush. He will come and go in four years. When he?s out of office, I will still stay up past 3 in the morning, I will still eat cereal for dinner, I will still eat cold pizza for breakfast and I will still drive the same crappy car as always (most likely). This election is, instead, about the lack of tolerance we have for our fellow citizenry.
How can you convince someone that their voting for Bush was unwise when you preface any remarks with ?you?re an evangelical, fucking moron.? Same goes for them. Many of us have been called communists, granola heads, and pretty much ever derogatory word that democrats have been generalized with. Two groups of people who are absolutely different and will not for one second try to listen to the other side is heart-breaking and will eventually lead to a sharp decline in our standard of living. Having this dichotomy is a volatile situation. If you are fine with this, so be it. On the other hand, I believe in building bridges and thoughtfully (and courteously) having a dialog with people who obviously see things completely different than us.
Because until you do, you?ll keep on blaming everything on things like Michael Moore?s movie and hundreds of other completely irrelevant things instead of actually learning about why things like this happen. Seriously, do you want ever election to be like this? I certainly don?t. We are all the same, but with different circumstances.
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