Comments on: Viewpoint: Politics and pigtails http://www.pomeradonews.com/2012/10/31/viewpoint-politics-and-pigtails/ Serving Poway, Rancho Bernardo and 4S Ranch Fri, 24 May 2013 00:04:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Helen http://www.pomeradonews.com/2012/10/31/viewpoint-politics-and-pigtails/#comment-730675 Helen Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:05:39 +0000 http://www.pomeradonews.com/?p=29992#comment-730675 Katie I have to agree with you. I guess some days I do take it all too seriously and her Viewpoint was well meaning. Katie I have to agree with you. I guess some days I do take it all too seriously and her Viewpoint was well meaning.

]]> By: Tom Yarnall http://www.pomeradonews.com/2012/10/31/viewpoint-politics-and-pigtails/#comment-729565 Tom Yarnall Thu, 01 Nov 2012 06:33:54 +0000 http://www.pomeradonews.com/?p=29992#comment-729565 Ms. Wilson said "Since when did our moral compasses become so misguided that now we focus on tearing down our “opponents” in life instead of focusing on the positivity and beauty of our own thoughts and beliefs?" Maybe we should we go back to the early days of our country when differences were settled on dueling fields? Remember the duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton where Hamilton was fatally shot? Things have not changed that much. Politicians have always been nasty. Modern communication technology makes things much more visible and easier for anyone to spew their rhetoric. It will not get better, and I would suggest our children be indoctrinated on the realities of the world, good and bad, so they can deal with it as they mature. Ms. Wilson said "Since when did our moral compasses become so misguided that now we focus on tearing down our “opponents” in life instead of focusing on the positivity and beauty of our own thoughts and beliefs?"
Maybe we should we go back to the early days of our country when differences were settled on dueling fields? Remember the duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton where Hamilton was fatally shot?
Things have not changed that much. Politicians have always been nasty. Modern communication technology makes things much more visible and easier for anyone to spew their rhetoric. It will not get better, and I would suggest our children be indoctrinated on the realities of the world, good and bad, so they can deal with it as they mature.

]]> By: Katie http://www.pomeradonews.com/2012/10/31/viewpoint-politics-and-pigtails/#comment-729235 Katie Thu, 01 Nov 2012 02:47:11 +0000 http://www.pomeradonews.com/?p=29992#comment-729235 Helen is taking herself way too seriously. I think what Ms. Wilson was saying, and in a very entertaining fashion BTW, is that it's difficult to teach your kids civility in today's society. Civility, especially in politics, seems to be non-existent. And while she is not advocating the stifling of free speech, perhaps the expressing of it in a positive manner might set a better example for our kids. Lighten up, Helen! Helen is taking herself way too seriously. I think what Ms. Wilson was saying, and in a very entertaining fashion BTW, is that it's difficult to teach your kids civility in today's society. Civility, especially in politics, seems to be non-existent. And while she is not advocating the stifling of free speech, perhaps the expressing of it in a positive manner might set a better example for our kids. Lighten up, Helen!

]]> By: Helen http://www.pomeradonews.com/2012/10/31/viewpoint-politics-and-pigtails/#comment-728898 Helen Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:16:05 +0000 http://www.pomeradonews.com/?p=29992#comment-728898 It is hard watching all the negative ads and blistering comments. My husband summed it up nicely when he described political ads as saying nothing more than: "So and So Politican Eats Small Puppies but the Other Guy eats fewer small puppies." Political ads really are about at that level. But sometimes you have to say the bad stuff to get to the healthy stuff. Saying "no, no, that's not nice" sometimes just doesn't get the message across. Righteous indignation is acceptable and necessary. The philosophy of "If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all" is all well and good when dealing with friends and family. But part of why politicans are able to get away with all that they do is precisely because nice people refuse to be anything other than for lack of a better word - nice. To clean up the mud in one's house sometimes means getting right down in it with a scrub brush. It's dirty work but it has to be done. If people don't speak up - and sometimes it is really, really negative - then how can anything change for the positive? It is hard watching all the negative ads and blistering comments. My husband summed it up nicely when he described political ads as saying nothing more than: "So and So Politican Eats Small Puppies but the Other Guy eats fewer small puppies." Political ads really are about at that level. But sometimes you have to say the bad stuff to get to the healthy stuff. Saying "no, no, that's not nice" sometimes just doesn't get the message across. Righteous indignation is acceptable and necessary.

The philosophy of "If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all" is all well and good when dealing with friends and family. But part of why politicans are able to get away with all that they do is precisely because nice people refuse to be anything other than for lack of a better word – nice. To clean up the mud in one's house sometimes means getting right down in it with a scrub brush. It's dirty work but it has to be done. If people don't speak up – and sometimes it is really, really negative – then how can anything change for the positive?

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