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Today is the 4th day of the 4th week, the 24th day of the 1st month, the 24th day of 2018, and: - Beer Can Appreciation Day
- Belly Laugh Day
- Bodhi Day [Observed]
- International Mobile Phone Recycling Day
- Library Selfie Day
- National "Just Do It" Day
- National Compliment Day
- National Eskimo Pie Patent Day
- National Lobster Thermidor Day
- National Peanut Butter Day
- Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day
An ex-peace corps volunteer who spent time in Senegal posted on Facebook about her experiences, explaining why she is a Trump supporter. On the one hand she seemed to fully understand that while she was overseas, she was in a totally different culture: “The longer I lived there, the more I understood: it became blindingly obvious that the Senegalese are not the same as us. The truths we hold to be self-evident are not evident to the Senegalese. How could they be? Their reality is totally different. You can't understand anything in Senegal using American terms.” On the other hand, it was clear that she felt the people of Senegal were lacking because they didn’t follow the 10 Commandments nor did the men exhibit a work ethic that she approved of. She was understandably overjoyed to return home to the comforts she was accustomed to, and I have to agree with her on that point, but then her comments took a tone that surprised me:
“We are lectured by Democrats that we must privilege third-world immigration by the hundred million with chain migration. They tell us we must end America as a white, Western, Judeo-Christian, capitalist nation – to prove we are not racist. I don't need to prove a thing. Leftists want open borders because they resent whites, resent Western achievements, and hate America. They want to destroy America as we know it. “
Wh-what? How did welcoming immigrants become synonymous with wanting open borders and then get translated into hating the culture that I am living in? I don’t resent white people – I am one. I am quite willing to celebrate the achievements of Western Civilization – I just happen to believe there are other cultures, past and present, that have achieved great things too. And while I have never been a “my country right or wrong” type patriot, I neither hate America nor want it destroyed. Now she has a point when it comes to capitalism – I am not at all convinced that is the best economic system especially in this time of runaway income inequity and I very much would like to see an economic system where those less fortunate are not left to die by the wayside. But these are personal differences between me and her – what really grabbed my attention was the phrases about Democrats lecturing and Leftists wanting open borders and I think it shows a failure on the part of the Democratic Party to reach out, listen, and communicate a positive vision of the future.
NASA’s Voyager is 19 hrs 36 mins 50 secs of light-travel time from Earth, and we can still communicate with it. Surely we can figure out how to communicate without lecturing, to bridge the political divide and have conversations rather than just shouting at one another?
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