Sunday, December 13, 2020

I Can Now Verify...

      ...To my total horror, the dispute over the honesty or not of the 2020 Presidential election is a perfect Shiri's Scissor.  It absolutely cleaves discussion and cannot be resolved by further talk.

      Mind you, Americans are an untrusting lot, taken as a whole; in both of the last two elections, a third of registered voters thought the process was not free and fair. Previous contests don't get much better, especially if you lump in the "not sure" responses as showing a lack of trust.  Only two-thirds to three-quarters of registered voters are and have been confident the tally is honest, no matter who won.

      Another collection of charts and graphs show the partisan divide -- and several that include "independent" voters, a group in which I count myself, have us off on our own tack as well.

      My advice, from practical experience?  Don't get into arguments over it.  Whatever your side is, support 'em by fund-raising, waving signs or writing letters to the Editor, but accept that face-to-face or online debate will not change hearts and minds, and will create barriers.

1 comment:

Paul said...

Not overly interested in the divide.

Boils down to greed. I don't have enough and you have more. You should share.

Not realizing what they have is more than almost anywhere else in the world.

Oh, and never ever trust anyone in government at any level.

I have always caste my self as independent, but that got watered down when it was remove from any political afflation. Last time I checked they had Democrat, Re[publican, Socialist, Communist, Green Party, but no independent. Shame really.

Mostly I just want to be left alone, but I don't think they will let that happen.

Having been in Coding for 35 plus years I have seen the Scissor Dilemma many times.

Thanks for what you do.