Monday, November 13, 2017

Repercussions

New Yorker: The Weinstein Moment and the Trump Presidency - The producer and other powerful men are facing repercussions for their alleged abusive behavior. Will the President? By David Remnick
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5 comments:

Glynn Kalara said...

No, he won't because on the right abusing women is standard operating procedure so nobody cares.

7:45 PM
Jim Sande said...

I think we are only at the tip of the iceberg. Bush 41 has a new allegation he groped a 16 year old. This is only going to get worse. This is actually the only benefit to the Trump administration. He has pissed off enough women that they are coming forward.

10:04 PM
Mark said...

Jim,

Most people agree on standards of bad behavior but "siege mentality" has us digging in our heels against our own better judgement. Dysfunction seems to be the new normal.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/opinion/roy-moore-conservative-evangelicals.html?_r=0

This article makes sense. I've felt righteous and superior posing as the underdog. Who hasn't?
The thing that’s so discouraging to me is "us vs them” is winning out over "let’s coexist”.
Helping an old lady across the street ain't enough butterfly effect these days. How do we make the world a better place?

7:59 AM
Jim Sande said...

It has to start with each of us as individuals. We have to learn how to be the most human in the best sense, that we can be. Also, part of that includes the understanding that we can't hold onto anything. Everything is in flux, changing, and falling apart. So along with becoming little saints, we need to remember that we can's hold onto to it, because it's always changing. This is the dilemma we're in. The problem with people like Trump, is that he's chased the demons thinking that this is the way to go, the way to live. He become the most selfish the most greedy, the most dishonest, the least empathetic, the meanest, the most arrogant, all thinking this is the road to happiness. He's not happy, he's miserable, he's violent and angry, he has no central core of value other than the constant reminder that he has money and power. This is his default value. a big problem is that Trump, is in the last quarter of his life. He's going to fade away, and he has to face that. And the helping the old lady is as valid as it ever was, possibly even more so now in the age of paranoia and confusion.

9:25 AM
Mark said...

Thank you Jim, I needed that.
I'll always believe that becoming your best self is where we must start - every day.
But I'm afraid that we seek tribal unity in that we search out and end up with people of like mind. If I'm only picking "my kind of old lady" to help, it's not much help.

10:21 AM

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