SIR GUESTLING THORN

Day 268

 Word of the day: CIRCUMLOCUTIONIST one who constantly speaks in a roundabout way in order to avoid addressing the question directly!

We watched the second programme about inside Obama’s White House which showed the almost impossible task he and his administration had in getting his “Obamacare” passed into law. You could already see the seeds of what Trump later stoked into his supporters, as almost exclusively white Americans, protested against what they claimed was governmental take over of their health system and what they saw as socialism and even communism. This shows a complete lack of understanding that the many Americans have of what “socialism” actually is but thats for another day! Never mind that this was to help millions who fell through the health insurance cracks and were prevented from getting health care and that all health insurance in America is underwritten by the federal government anyway, they simply could not bring themselves to endorse anything that a Democrat President might enact. Republicans were against it in most cases because it was a Democrat plan. And here is my point, politics today is no longer about what is best for all but drawn up along party lines where the merits of the actual plan have nothing to do with the opposition being against it. It is to a degree the same here in the UK though here the people are less likely to riot against what they don’t like? I shook my head in despair as to why these people protesting could not have the decency to understand that it was to help their fellow citizens? We live in a time where the divisions between those with opposing views are far wider than at any time since WW2. It is the reason why we have left the EU, it is the reason why America is in such turmoil and almost in the grip of “revolution”! These divisions, encouraged by men (very few women) who see it as a way of gaining power and furthering their own agenda. Plenty talk about “healing” the divisions but from what I can see there is precious little actually happening to try! I have said this countless times and I do not apologise for repeating myself, until we understand that inclusion and working together is not a dirty impingement on our freedom, we will continue to be divided and the bitterness will continue to fuel those who wish to sow the seeds of discontent and violent protest!

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