The Pettiness of Politics
I’ve talked to a few people lately who have soured on politics as of late (see Captain’s Quarters latest). Far too many people respond to ideas they disagree with by immediately attacking the character of the person voicing those ideas. On several occasions I’ve written a controversial column to be personally attacked for it. One person co-worker threatened to anally rape me, for instance, if he ever met me. While it may be an interesting sociological study to see why people’s tempers flare so high when the stakes are so low, we must not let ourselves get bogged down by the gibbering yard apes all political stripes. The best way to deal with those who pout like children is to ignore them. In order to continue advocating the ideas we hold dear, there comes a time to simply ignore the idiots. The great thing about free speech is that it makes it easy to identify who those idiots are.
