I will not be voting for the man for two primary reasons exclusive of his specific lack of conservatism:
First, he's the settle for candidate.
Second, this state is going blue, again, so my vote will not matter.
So, a while back I got an invite to a Facebook group "South West Washington Opinions."
What I didn't know and what would have kept me from joining is that all opinions apparently have to agree with Bill Cismar.
Bill is, well, Bill. What he demands, I guess, from all and sundry who post there is lock-step agreement with his perspective and his alone.
This Nazi-like tendency, including the use and portrayal of those terms favored by the Thrid Reich for those who didn't believe in the "ultimate victory" should have been a clue.
Censorship of thought and demanding obedience to his will is, allegedly, much more a fringe-left trait then that of someone allegedly a Republican, but in this instance, it could just be a matter of ego. It's also strangely reminiscent of Hitler.
But I don't respond to being bullied. And no one alive can tell me what to say or think.
Here's how it all went down:
Failing to follow the party line, I am summarily dismissed.
In Germany, if you were labeled a "defeatist," they'd just shoot you.
So much for "honesty" being the best policy.
My goodness, the dude blocked you and deleted your posts?!
ReplyDeleteYou crushed him. He couldn't hold up for 5 minutes in a real political debate.
Is it so difficult to understand that in Washington State, if you don't live in King County your vote never counts if you don't vote blue? Instead of fighting with you, shouldn't he be concentrating on nudging King County into the red zone??
ReplyDeleteBeing frightened of differing viewpoints is not unique to either party... but that perspective is damaging to both.
ReplyDeleteThose who run the parties seem to live in a cocoon, where those who do not agree are belittled, harassed and attacked... all in an effort to silence.
The local newspaper has tried that with me, certain allegedly brighter lights in the GOP have tried it on me... and now Cismar.
The result? Politics of the variety practiced today.
In the ongoing political drama unfolding in front of us today, particularly at the national level, when was the last time any of us may recall that the discussion involved what's best for the country instead of what's best for the candidate?
Imagine, if you will, how much different our Nation would be if these people made as their first priority the betterment of this country over their own enlightened self-interests.
I used to be like Bill. I used to be a lock-step partisan. That started to go away after I completed my tenure as the executive director for this state's GOP... where my eyes were opened to the size of garbage can lids to the damage being done.
If our country is to survive, it must have political parties and individuals who will tolerate new and different ideas and perspectives. Those parties must be tolerant of individuals within who have a different view and who see an untimely end if we do not innovate and develop new plans, thoughts and strategies... and avoid the effort to silence and or punish those who have the temerity to disagree.
We can allow dissent as long as the core principles and the goals of the party are in place: we can disagree about what those goals are, how to achieve them or even what they mean... but we should never fear the discussion.
I don't, for example, even have a problem with the rights of the most delusional Paulbots to shoot off their collective mouth. That's their privilege, and what they babble about certainly doesn't frighten me. And while I do disagree with some of their positions as sheer lunacy, that is not to say that EVERY position they have on EVERY subject is wrong. In my instance, however, where they ARE wrong can be ultimately nationally suicidal... and I ain't going there.
This "allegiance to Der Fuhrer" crap" ain't gonna cut it... no matter who practices it or why.