The Mueller Report thread

[Bengalzona]

(05-24-2019, 12:39 AM)GMDino Wrote: Obviously it's my view...and I think more and more people feel his actions are worthy of caring about it.

Obviously it's the cover up, not the affair that I think will get more traction.  And obviously he has made a career out of simply lying about what he does and having 30% + of the people believe every word he says.

My problem is people SHOULD care.  If they are willing to vote for a known conam, a cheater a liar, that speaks to a sad state of affairs in this country.

It's one thing to elect a guy who turns out to be shady.  It's another to KNOW going in and say "eh".

If that DOESN'T bother people it's really, really sad.

And that would go for any politician.  

Maybe my ethics are too high?  Maybe there more people that are too low.

Last thought:  There are people in my circle who literally don't pay any attention to anything Trump does but vote for him because...republican.  It's not that they don't care what he does...they don't even know.  Smart people.  When we discuss it and I mention any of the brain-numbingly dumb/shady things he says and does they honestly say they never heard about it.

That's awful.

And it got us where we are with DJT.

People can complain about the split and division in the country but if more people just paid attention we could root out the losers and crooks instead of saying "eh, nothing we can do".

Again, maybe that's just me that thinks that way.

The problem here is the cover up didn't get traction. DJT's cheerleading squad predictably ignored it, many completely eschewing their professed ethics and morals in the process. Those who do not like DJT talked until they were blue in the face about it for several weeks and then moved on to the next Trump 'atrocity'.

And this is how the cycle has been with each Trump misbehavior. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. Sometimes the brouhaha lasts for weeks or months. Sometimes it is just a few hours. And what is gained by participating in it? An emotional high? A feeling or moral superiority? I mean, do people really feel that by 'raising the alarm' on Trump misbehavior that anyone else will suddenly be convinced of his moral failings and lack of competency? That would be "the win", wouldn't it? Converting people.

But I don't think that is how it works. I think pretty much everyone, most of all those who voted for Trump, had a pretty good idea of what a morally flawed and incompetent (read 'stupid') person he is long before he was even elected. All we get now is just affirmation. And with that in mind, I'm not sure how much more comfortable someone can feel about their own morals and ethics by discussing someone else's like Trump who we all realize is handicapped in that regard.

Therefore, I think people emotionally invest in this daily routine purely for entertainment. Like being on a roller coaster: up.... down.... up... down.... Or, maybe it is like a mass bipolarism. That may sound insulting, but take heart in the fact that whatever side you may take in our partisan society, the other side engages in the same behavior. Yes, they are on their emotional roller coaster as well. Wheeee!!!!

Now, just so you understand where I am coming from, I do not like Trump. Never have. And I think his Presidency is a pathetic excuse for a joke played upon the people of this country by those who mistakenly believe that a person can hate the federal government without hating the country itself and also by opportunistic foreign powers clever enough to realize that we sometimes forget the phrase "united we stand, divided we fall".

I engage in this behavior as well. My daily routine generally starts with checking Facebook and news feeds for Trumps latest affront against the human race so that I may disseminate the stories among my 'people', most of whom are busy doing the same thing (ever wonder why you and I post so many of the same memes in the political joke thread?). But sometimes, I find myself stepping "off the ride" for awhile and focusing on the rest of life.