Stephan Pastis offers a potential solution to the rabid partisanship bedeviling American politics. Click the image to be taken to a larger view at the "Pearls Before Swine" Web page.
That reminds me of our situation in South Africa in the early 1990's, when rabid radicals on both ends of the political spectrum were attacking and killing each other with diabolical enthusiasm. Many of us thought that establishing two more bantustans or "homelands", in the style of the old apartheid system, would be an optimal solution. They'd be right next door to each other. One would be designated for racists and white supremacists; the other for black power and communist/terrorist supporters. Fences would separate them from the rest of the country, but there'd be no barrier between them at all. While the fanatics of both sides went about killing each other, the rest of us could get on with ending the conflict and restoring democracy. When everything had been sorted out, we'd let the survivors (if any) out of their "homelands" to rejoin civilization.
It never happened, but we had longing thoughts about it . . . as I'm sure many Americans are about our own homegrown extremists today.
Peter
The problem is, the "Far right", as currently defined by all good-thinking Leftists, is about half the population of traditional Americans.
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DeleteWe are a Republic. Democracy is one of the shortest lived systems in existence.
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ReplyDeleteWell send me to the alley then.....because I loathe anyone and anything democrat.....democrats are the antithesis to everything I have loved and believe about this country and a civilized society.
ReplyDeleteThey approve of pedophilia (minor attracted persons), they approve and actively promote mutilation of children's bodies, they condone transgenderism and a thousand other isms that are satanic and pure evil. They have allowed millions of uneducated (and educated) migrants from far flung regions of the world to invade our country and force citizens to provide housing, food, and entertainment for them through taxation. They allow these same illegal invaders to vote in not only local but national elections (see the doj suit against Virginia for attempting to purge voter rolls of non citizens) to further their own lust for power and control. They send young men and women to die in foreign lands for nothing more than their own greed and corruption. Afghanistan anyone? Didn't accomplish one darn thing. Sending billions to foreigners but nothing for white, christian, conservative Americans, (see sending billions to Ukraine and nothing much for citizens wiped out from natural disaster) ....I could go on and on, so put me in that alley....
Jimmy
Short Story from years ago "Combat Football" Network loses rights to broadcast the football games. VP in charge has to come up with replacement. "How about demographics rather than regional? Could have the Hippies play the Police, Blacks Vs Whites. Urban vs Rural, and so on. Loosen up the rules and they're off. Off course fights break out, and eventual someone is killed. Rather than try to prevent that, everyone signs a waiver while a strict no weapons policy is enforced. Rating are tremendous, not long before they're are two scores being reported. The Football games and the casualties in the stands.
ReplyDelete"Eh, we lost the game but we won the brawls."
This sounds like it was set in the Steve Jackson Games "Car Wars" universe, or SJG referred to it when the game was developed in the late 70's.
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