tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543784411582822907.post3471208401135991784..comments2024-02-21T09:12:00.915-05:00Comments on Billie Doux: The End of the Republican PartyBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543784411582822907.post-42814827994171076692016-11-24T07:56:16.090-05:002016-11-24T07:56:16.090-05:00I feel this election was a choice between pest (Wa...I feel this election was a choice between pest (Wall Street Hillary, who has repeatedly supported aggressive wars, which have killed thousands of innocent people – including children) and cholera (well, Trump). That's not a problem only in the US but all over the world (UK, Germany, etc.). That just happens when the only "value" left and bowed to by all major parties is making profit at all human costs.<br /><br /><br />It's, as novelist Teju Cole rightly says, "A Time for Refusal".<br /><br />"Evil settles into everyday life when people are unable or unwilling to recognize it. It makes its home among us when we are keen to minimize it or describe it as something else." <br /><br />Epic piece. As long as there are people out there, writing such stuff, I do still have hope for humanity.<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/11/magazine/a-time-for-refusal.htmlNatashanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543784411582822907.post-26733719957235402692016-11-20T15:40:11.696-05:002016-11-20T15:40:11.696-05:00Good post. I'm glad that guy didn't shoot ...Good post. I'm glad that guy didn't shoot you. :) I'm also trying to be positive, but it isn't easy.Grace F.noreply@blogger.com