Etiquette



DP Etiquette

First rule: Don't be a jackass. Most people are good.

Other rules: Do not attack or insult people you disagree with. Engage with facts, logic and beliefs. Out of respect for others, please provide some sources for the facts and truths you rely on if you are asked for that. If emotion is getting out of hand, get it back in hand. To limit dehumanizing people, don't call people or whole groups of people disrespectful names, e.g., stupid, dumb or liar. Insulting people is counterproductive to rational discussion. Insult makes people angry and defensive. All points of view are welcome, right, center, left and elsewhere. Just disagree, but don't be belligerent or reject inconvenient facts, truths or defensible reasoning.

Thursday, August 7, 2025

What is left to say?

 

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

What is left to say?


Blog posting has become mostly unpleasant. It used to be mostly fun.

Yes, THAT was Germaine's assessment on Aug. 5

And of course, Trump and the Rightwing is to blame.

Yet.............

If you look suspiciously like you aren't white enough, the Right will have issues with you, but if you happen to use the wrong pronoun the Left will have issues with you.

Just DARE to suggest that transgendered men can't participate in women's sports and be called ignorant and intolerant.

I still maintain that Trump is a symptom of a disease not a cause. 

Americans, on both sides (YES, I am bothsideisming it here) created what we are experiencing right now. Grant you, the Right has been far worse, but the Left hasn't much to brag about. 

The first side that successfully stops acting "entitled" and all high-n-mighty, might be able to bring some sanity back into American politics. I say "might" because who knows at this stage. 

BUT that is not gonna be my focus on here today. My focus is on the notion that "what is left to say?" Lots apparently as Germaine is still saying it. 

But for the Snowflakes of the world, I want blogging to still be pleasant, so I have tended to move further away from politics. Especially since my wise and sagacious words don't seem to resonate with either the Right or the Left. 

As anxious, as worried, and yes, as paranoid as we all are about the future of America, there is STILL a life to be lived. AND blogging can still be fun. Just lighten the mood once in a while. Fun or offbeat stories. If you want to combine that with politics throw in a bit of satire. Outside of blogging, think of love, sex, drugs and rock n roll. Anything to get your mind off of the (apparently) looming disaster. 

Feeling overwhelmed by politics? You’re not imagining it. The stress is real, and it can take a toll on your health.

So, in conclusion, what am I saying? That there is still a LOT left to say. The way we say it and what we talk about that gives us the room to say much much more. 

So, I ask, what do YOU ALL have to say about what I just said?





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