Did “No Kings” Change Things?
The piece at left is interesting, but I doubt there’s any real truth to it, even though every decent person in America wishes this were so.
Trump supporters come in two varieties:
1) Uneducated MAGA white nationalists, who believe that we just saw a relatively small number of Marxists, domestic terrorists, sexual deviants, and haters of America take to the streets.
2) The amoral rich people, who understand that Trump, with his overt lawlessness and authoritarianism, is still in charge, regardless of what a bunch of liberals want. We give him money, and he gives us what we want, especially tax breaks and advantageous legislation.
I’m not saying that we shouldn’t be proud of what we did; let’s just not expect any real change.
Doubt is what characterizes the scientific method. Scientists don’t want to believe they are right; they want to subject what they believe to rigorous testing in an attempt to disprove the thinking of the day, hoping for a better explanation of the world around them.
Today’s political rhetoric is a reflection of the pathetic state of our educational system.
Over the years, I’ve heard scientists lament that very few Americans have any real interest or ability in the subject. “Go into a high school classroom,” a friend who works with electric motors once told me, “And ask a bunch of graduating seniors to says ‘yes!’ if they can name a popular singer or a top football player. The response is deafening. Now ask that class if they can name a living scientist. Crickets.”
Good point made at left.
The No Kings rally organizers said they wanted protest signs to be “non-hostile.”
A lady asked me why I’m part of the No Kings rally in Hopkinsville (Kentucky).
If I gave you a choice between a room in the “luxury hotel” pictured at left and a room in the place shown below in Oslo, which one would you pick?
Another note to those who may not be intimately familiar with some of America’s less populous states — this one from Idaho’s capital, Boise.
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