Rallying words

   Even prior to the 21^st century rallying words were important, for instance in France the word solidarity was and still is used for the public to support the national interest, like the process of striking, and to allow the unions to walk out even when public transportation and basic services were curtailed, all with government sponsorship.

   Now in this contentious US 2018 partisan tribal politics making use of certain rallying words by political parties bring out certain groups to support their causes.

   For example, when addressing the intended audience to persuade for the purpose of becoming members of their political party, the Democrats use the words racist, homophobic, to address the issues that are part and parcel of their stated political concerns.

   The Republicans use the words socialist, leftist to disparage persons that are not in sync with the political views of those who do not aspire to join in support of the party’s view of the national good.

   What is most disturbing to me is the fact that globally and in the US, the political parties and politicians are not interested in having a national discussion about issues that are concerning many voters.

   The political parties and politicians encourage voters to discard the dictionary meaning of the rallying words they use.

   Global politicians no matter what the country use rallying words like dog whistles to bring the like minded together.

   Rallying words used by political parties and politicians in the US makes for the climate of a political divide that is becoming polarizing and spurring hatred, even violence against anyone who is on the opposite political spectrum.

   Yet, what is reassuring to me is that history shows the early part of a century mires the world in a series of upheavals.

   Violence and polarization is part of the historical context and small wars caused by countries that are seeking to expand economically, then finally a global war of sorts that align countries with similar economic interests to dominate the world.

   Oddly, terror is a tactic used throughout the millenniums, and it’s usually part of the realigning for the civilizations that seek world dominance.

   Using US history as my guide, I feel comfortable in making some US political assessments, if not outright predictions.

   When it comes to the current 2018 US political divide, many depend on polls, movements of women joined together to achieve a certain political result, LGBT’s push for recognition, the racial divide, but I chose to look at what has historically happened in the US.

   Our nation has overcome this and even a civil war, I have faith that our system of democracy will survive.

   Democracy survives when voters use their vote wisely.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rallying 

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solidarity 

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/racist 

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/homophobic 

https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/socialist 

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/leftist 

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/dog-whistle-political-meaning 

Logic and sway

   For the first time in my life, I am questioning my ability to see issues logically.

   I will be traveling internationally in a few weeks, and I am wondering if the US of A’s 2018 discourse meltdown has influenced the international norms of logic to sway other individuals to change their POV.

   Yet, I know that in this US of A’s era of no truth, and just POV, the answer isn’t with me, it’s with a preponderance of journalism that became less of reporting and more of a particular opinion propped up with selective often anonymous sources.

   In most western nations there isn’t a complete “so-called 1^st amendment protection” comparable to what the US of A has instituted during this last decade.

   Having lived overseas in the most Western of nations, I know from personal experience that government won’t allow reporting of events that could be considered as prejudicing against one particular religion, and might bring civil unrest.

    Most western nations don’t allow reporting of a divisive event unless it can be proven without a doubt that the motive was deleterious to the national good.

   So where does that leave me, as a citizen of the US of A?

   I have not let myself be dissuaded from using the norms that I was taught to use when I went to college, and did discovered that a POV must be based on a logical argument, that is, if I want to sway others.

   What I have discovered is that I no longer want to sway someone’s POV.

   Instead, I keep my opinions to myself, unless I am in a comfortable space with others where I can safely disagree after I listen to their POV, just like they have courteously listened to mine.

   Otherwise, the US of A will become what the philosopher David Hume determined as an  outcome of “cause and effect.

   For me the politically correct “every man/woman/LGBT” worst nightmare can be war in the streets of the US of A with another “Sacco & Venzitti” wrongful execution not in the courts, but by warlike groups who claim they are the fighters against intolerance.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/logic 

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/sway 

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dis 

http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/pov 

https://www.iep.utm.edu/hume-cau/ 

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sacco-and-vanzetti-executed 

   

USA 2018 midterm and shibboleths

   The fate of a nation and the shibboleth in 2018 has no relation to the shibboleth word definition in the dictionary.

   As has happened perhaps more in the 21^st century, dictionary definitions that are dependent on words have new meanings.

   Some might say dictionary definitions have been corrupted to the benefit of political power behemoths with long term goals in mind planned and executed well before the march for the USA’s politically inspired “grand society.”

   Some others will say that the grand theory has shaped the structure and composition of what is the USA as a nation.

   According to Wikipedia this notion of some society grand is an integral part of the tug of globalism versus nationalism.

   Little is said of what may really be at stake is available in open source reporting by the mainstream media or the array of partisan political side web outlets.

   Overseas, in the sacred territory of the European Union there are fissions to the grand theory.

  The most recent elections among certain European Union members who have the same Euro currency have indicated a disagreement by voters who used the ballot to express a certain direction.

   Whatever the 2018 USA voters determine in the midterms is more disconnected from a political side or the idea of breaking the norms than voters realize.

   Educated USA voters may be hard pressed to find a ballot box choice that will escape the mainstream media punditry of spin.

   It seems to me the best alternative is to find bloggers and others who may be judged to

have a dubious influence platform.

  If voters read and consider opinions expressed as talking points, in addition to the headlines claiming the stock and trade of political parties, the USA voters will make their decision and the fate of the nation will come of it. 

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shibboleth 

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/behemoth 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_theory 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union