"It couldn't happen here" is something those not cognizant of history or missed a lot in school. I agree with what you said. It certainly affects us upstate, regionally and nationally. What is of more interest to me is the mobilization: where and when will I be aware that those wanting to strengthen and feed our democracy are largely gathering and pulling on the oars in the same direction? I can see the bits and pieces but to me it doesn't appear in my reading and listening. I did read a quote of Biden from HCR about the President criticizing the 3rd congressional district representative Ms. Bobert for badmouthing and trying to scuttle and the programs delivered to the southern Colorado district: jobs and infrastructure improvements. If moderates and democracy supporters want to thrive then the volume of hard work needs to be spoken of louder and more frequently.
Well conceptualized and interesting essay. I wonder if it departs a bit from the stated aims of this blog, however, in the sense that it does not add an "upstate" perspective to what a Bos-Wash columnist might have said?
Thanks, Ned; I think that's a quite useful critique. As I re-read the piece before filing it Friday evening, I felt it was a more negative voice than I prefer to hear, but I could hardly start over at that point. And your suggestion that it lacks an Upstate focus is one that I also heard over breakfast on Saturday -- from a writing teacher, no less. So I'm disinclined to push this one out on social media.
We are already mid-rounds in this fight, to stretch your meme a little further. But in this version, the fighters don’t tire, one hits below the belt continually, the crowd also erupts in fisticuffs, and the referee and judges look the other way. ✌️
"It couldn't happen here" is something those not cognizant of history or missed a lot in school. I agree with what you said. It certainly affects us upstate, regionally and nationally. What is of more interest to me is the mobilization: where and when will I be aware that those wanting to strengthen and feed our democracy are largely gathering and pulling on the oars in the same direction? I can see the bits and pieces but to me it doesn't appear in my reading and listening. I did read a quote of Biden from HCR about the President criticizing the 3rd congressional district representative Ms. Bobert for badmouthing and trying to scuttle and the programs delivered to the southern Colorado district: jobs and infrastructure improvements. If moderates and democracy supporters want to thrive then the volume of hard work needs to be spoken of louder and more frequently.
Well conceptualized and interesting essay. I wonder if it departs a bit from the stated aims of this blog, however, in the sense that it does not add an "upstate" perspective to what a Bos-Wash columnist might have said?
Thanks, Ned; I think that's a quite useful critique. As I re-read the piece before filing it Friday evening, I felt it was a more negative voice than I prefer to hear, but I could hardly start over at that point. And your suggestion that it lacks an Upstate focus is one that I also heard over breakfast on Saturday -- from a writing teacher, no less. So I'm disinclined to push this one out on social media.
We are already mid-rounds in this fight, to stretch your meme a little further. But in this version, the fighters don’t tire, one hits below the belt continually, the crowd also erupts in fisticuffs, and the referee and judges look the other way. ✌️