it's not nonsense and i was considering that too.
when all narratives are accepted as truthful how do we get the data and information that allows us to form an opinion that is both true and aligned with our individual morality???
when you figure that out please let me know
i was walking home and thinking about artists that are shitty even evil human beings but i still care about their art on some level and how different is this or that terrible behavior by a political candidate? yes they're very different arenas, and people who set and direct policy have an impact on our lives that is harder to avoid if we so choose to but where is the line? should there be a line?
I was essentially drawing a line at Trump while
@ayayrawn and
@DownIsTheNewUp was drawing a line at Bloomberg, and the point wasn't about the lines being right and wrong. The point is and was that there's privilege in where we are able to and choose to draw our lines.
Without diving too far into my beliefs about other potential lines between ignorance, racism, and white supremacy I basically feel like we are living in a moment where we are bombarded with choice in general and choice specifically about how we approach the horrible behaviors of people who are in power... even what power means.
It's pretty difficult to view Mike Bloomberg or Trump as a fellow human being. How can I have any empathy for these people whose lives are about hurting other people? Do they know that's what they do? I believe so. Is the institutional racism expressed by Pete Buttigiege any less racist? No. Is Amy Klobuchar's prosecutorial record any less racist? No... but i don't think of them like Trump or Bloomberg
I think I have to recognize that we have a tendency to rank these things so we can maybe not feel bad about ourselves for liking someone that is maybe not so great. I also need to recognize that this bombardment of choices and ranking of abhorrent behavior might make the offenses and real danger of Trump or Bloomberg seem less significant because most people are not sitting back and pontificating about this shit. how can you sort this out, even for yourself, when you are busy just trying to exist and pay your bills?
sorry for the long-winded, stream of consciousness post... i have little faith that any of this is going to be resolved with some coalescence around a dem candidate... i hope that people continue to think about their privilege and call this shit out and maybe at some point our political systems will be comprised of people that make different choices