In a gallant if misguided effort to defend her husband’s most controversial comments, Usha Vance, wife of the Republican nominee for Vice President, dismissed his denigration of “childless cat ladies” who allegedly run the country, as a well-intentioned “quip.” In a Fox News interview, she insisted that “what he was really saying is that it can be really hard to be a parent in this country.” Unfortunately for her, this interpretation of her partner’s odd assertion utterly ignores the revelation about the state of our politics that’s raised by the entire nature of the cat ladies controversy.
Thank you for writing this, Michael. The vitriol, demon-ation, dehumanization and disdain for those with different views than us is as unhelpful and wrong as others’ mistaken views of us. It is so much easier to do so, however (especially from a safe distance on the other side of a screen), than to have respectful conversations with those in our own lives with whom our views differ.
Thank you for your efforts to encourage us to do just that!
Why can't we find candidates with the same clarity of thought illustrated within this commentary? It really is kinda simple and kinda sad that so many current poloticians just don't get this.
Thank you for writing this, Michael. The vitriol, demon-ation, dehumanization and disdain for those with different views than us is as unhelpful and wrong as others’ mistaken views of us. It is so much easier to do so, however (especially from a safe distance on the other side of a screen), than to have respectful conversations with those in our own lives with whom our views differ.
Thank you for your efforts to encourage us to do just that!
Why can't we find candidates with the same clarity of thought illustrated within this commentary? It really is kinda simple and kinda sad that so many current poloticians just don't get this.