07-14-2020, 06:49 PM
(07-14-2020, 04:50 PM)bfine32 Wrote: No snark. It was actually to illustrate how we make an issue divisive .
Let's pretend you're a liberal who doesn't like Donald Trump and you are asked how you feel about returning to classes. You ask what are the pros and cons
Person A tells you this: Returning back to classes will increase Trump's election chances
Person B tells you: It could jump start our struggling economy and allow parents to return to earning a living.
Would your answer/opinion be the same given those to separate pieces of information.
I think it was Bill Maher who said it a couple years back when he said: The only way to stop Trump is to have a recession. Sure people will suffer, but it's worth it"
People on both sides of the aisle rightly condemned his comments and he quickly apologized.
Now that it's really happening there are those that try to prolong it with wording like: "Returning to school will help Trump's election chances".
Here is where the flaw is in your logic. What is being said is not "we should keep the schools closed to prolong the economic downturn and hurt Trump's election chances." What is being said is "returning the children to school and putting them and our communities at risk is a misguided venture that is being pushed by Trump predominantly because it can help the economy and therefore his election chances."
Point to one single person here that is saying that we should keep schools closed because it will hurt Trump.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
