09-20-2023, 08:21 AM
Tbh when these folks mentioned they were "scared of an Obama presidency", it seemed to me less like they were scared of a Democrat than that they were scared of a black man in power, and while I understand that the masses, however unsavory their opinions, need to be represented, and that America has a....history with such discomfort, for this particular outsider, there may not have been much moderation in the first place, if nearly half of the share of votes were meant to give voice to something like this. Of course, in this forum we must play at being poets, which for our largely Western traditions means imitating, at least in part, the example of the Holy Prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah, to whom there was never much moderation, only those better able to mask the injustices they indulge in with some semblance of civility.