Today, on a site I frequent, I’ve participated in a discussion about the “degradation of our society.” I disagree with the position that things were better in the past (the 1950’s being touted as the ideal to which we might once again aspire) and I stated my reasons for believing that the past was no [...]
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unwarranted nostalgia
October 21, 2008dear political bloggers or commentators,
September 27, 2008Bear in mind that ignorance knows no geographical boundaries. Making snide comments about Joe and Jane Sixpack of Bumfuck, Iowa being too incurious or stupid to make intelligent, reasoned choices in the voting booth overlooks the fact that there are a great many stupid voters living in our coastal cities, and that many of [...]
