The World according to DocBrain

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Looking for Rev. Right

Rev. Wright has some differences with some policies of the US government.  So, the conclusion he reaches is "God damn America".  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hPR5jnjtLo


One of his fellow Reverends was on Fox tonight with Greta explaining that it is most important that we, as Americans, focus on what separates and divides us and not on what unites us; that our differences are what is really important.  This runs counter to what DocBrain believes.  How building upon that which divides us in some way is better than building on that which unites us escapes me.  This seems to be to be counter to the message of unity that Obama has been preaching.  How could the author of "The Audacity of Hope" have a completely different take on the prime purpose of social interaction from the one who inspired this book?

We have a representative democracy, where we elect people to represent us in government.  Unfortunately, it is not a 1:1 matching, more like a 1:1,000,000 match at the federal level and 1:300,000,000 at the presidential level.  So, your specific position may not exactly match that of your representative.  The best you can hope for is to lobby for your position, to try to convince others of the supremacy of your position.  If you can convince enough people, your position will prevail.  The process itself, of representative democracy, can never be completely fair.  So, what should you do when it doesn't seem fair to you?  Shout out "God damn America"?  Or perhaps, raise the quality of your argument rather than the heat of your rhetoric?  God knows!



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