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SubjectiveLife78

(67 posts)
24. "Yes, we ARE supposed to be moving past binary thinking by now."
Thu Dec 15, 2016, 03:41 PM
Dec 2016
Sometimes, wrong is just plain WRONG and we shouldn't have to kowtow to people's pet hates in order to reach them.


We're supposed to have moved past binary thinking, but wrong is also sometimes just wrong? So situational binary thinking, depending on what the thinker thinks is right and wrong?

Should or shouldn't are always fun words. A lot of binary in there. Shouldn't have to kowtow to this or that group to win in politics. I guess that's accurate, but at the same time, there's a reality of the situation we all live in, and everyone has to adapt to it. Adaptation isn't always easy. I don't know if there's a good answer. Shouldn't have to. There's a lot of things that shouldn't happen, but they do. To use a current topic, should people lose their job to automation? I don't know. No? What will they do? Yes? I mean, progress must advance, even if it leaves people behind.

What laundry list of things are they going to find wrong with us?


I don't know, but I'm sure they have them. You can think their list is wrong, but they don't. Who's right? I don't know, in a non-binary thinking world, who gets to choose who is right and wrong? Unless we do still think in binary terms. Do we? Yes or no? Maybe only some people?

We're not living in the cusp of the Neolithic Revolution here.


No, but, the number of times we spin around the sun doesn't change all that much(does the spin start on January 1st?), and the never ending battle between the Individual vs. the Collective rages on. Most people will fall into either category depending on what the context of the debate is. Some like the collective approach, unless it's, say, one person trying to get out of a religion. Then what the individual wants matters most. On the other hand, you can be for all sort of individuality, where you can pick and choose who you want to be in life, until it comes to paying taxes to support the greater community. Then the needs of the many outweigh your small personal wants or desires.

So I guess humans are situational non-binary binary thinkers. Or something like that.
this is EXACTLY my huge frustration. It's insane. But a HUGE PART of it is the news media Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #1
You know what they say about balance . . . . HughBeaumont Dec 2016 #3
Yep-- both sides! Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #4
Baby boomers were liberal in the 60's and then conservative in the 80's and beyond yeoman6987 Dec 2016 #10
yes-- my worry too! Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #12
I suspect that they will as they get older. Willie Pep Dec 2016 #32
Not sure about that. kag Feb 2018 #42
My memory tells me liberal baby boomers were a distinct minority. retread Dec 2016 #39
Honestly... D_Master81 Dec 2016 #14
Yes I live in central Indiana too and basically they will vote for ANYONE with an R after their name Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #16
They will never stop supporting them. LonePirate Dec 2016 #2
Correct Cosmocat Dec 2016 #18
they are just really mal-informed. bdamomma Dec 2016 #20
Simple. GOP makes them feel okay about their selfishness, racism, and other regressive tendencies. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2016 #5
"No one's looking out for the white guy anymore." HughBeaumont Dec 2016 #7
I found this article pretty interesting bdamomma Dec 2016 #26
YEP Cosmocat Dec 2016 #19
People in this country (I'm sure not the only ones) just looove a fake tough guy. Now they Guy Whitey Corngood Dec 2016 #6
I am really starting to believe it will be another 50-100 years, which is why Maru Kitteh Dec 2016 #8
They own the media and denounce anyone who disagrees. Initech Dec 2016 #9
It's really simple. WhiteTara Dec 2016 #11
hey do they bdamomma Dec 2016 #21
Come now! You know WhiteTara Dec 2016 #29
....... bdamomma Dec 2016 #35
"I seriously thought we would grow up and get smarter by now." SubjectiveLife78 Dec 2016 #13
PLEASE. HughBeaumont Dec 2016 #15
"Yes, we ARE supposed to be moving past binary thinking by now." SubjectiveLife78 Dec 2016 #24
it's one thing to say "what is truth?" DonCoquixote Dec 2016 #37
Welcome to DU bdamomma Dec 2016 #23
They'll stop when they quit seeing politics and government as team sports. Iggo Dec 2016 #17
I don't know how well they are actually liked Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2016 #22
Why there is even another side of politics makes no sense. ileus Dec 2016 #25
Give it a rest. (nt) Paladin Dec 2016 #28
If "outlawing" racism, misogyny, homophobia, and rampant & damaging greed is a thing . . . HughBeaumont Dec 2016 #30
Isn't that what I said? ileus Dec 2016 #34
the very day greed and hate fall out of fashion. unblock Dec 2016 #27
About 2024 nt COLGATE4 Dec 2016 #31
sadly when the media gets over REAGAN. pansypoo53219 Dec 2016 #33
If churches could canonize that bastard, they would. HughBeaumont Dec 2016 #36
In many ways Reagan was worse than George W. Bush. His presidency was a real turning point StevieM Dec 2016 #41
Our party is bigger, and more popular. Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #38
Never. The GOP has appropriated flag, guns, and Bible and Different Drummer Dec 2016 #40
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