I really do have to keep reminding myself that the extremes on both sides are not the majority and not the norm -- they're just louder. Much, much louder. The vast majority of people are center-left or center-right and have a lot more in common with one another than with the kooks on either end. I don't care if it's a Bernie rally or …
I really do have to keep reminding myself that the extremes on both sides are not the majority and not the norm -- they're just louder. Much, much louder. The vast majority of people are center-left or center-right and have a lot more in common with one another than with the kooks on either end. I don't care if it's a Bernie rally or a Trump rally -- I can't stand any politician who holds "rallies" in the first place. I want politicians who bore the shit out of me. I want to elect nerds who get off on policy documents. I don't want a politician that will give me an ecstatic experience and make me break down in tears at a tent revival in either party. I want them to just do their jobs invisibly and quietly, geek out over 260-page policy documents, and otherwise keep the hell out of my sphere of awareness.
I really do have to keep reminding myself that the extremes on both sides are not the majority and not the norm -- they're just louder. Much, much louder. The vast majority of people are center-left or center-right and have a lot more in common with one another than with the kooks on either end. I don't care if it's a Bernie rally or a Trump rally -- I can't stand any politician who holds "rallies" in the first place. I want politicians who bore the shit out of me. I want to elect nerds who get off on policy documents. I don't want a politician that will give me an ecstatic experience and make me break down in tears at a tent revival in either party. I want them to just do their jobs invisibly and quietly, geek out over 260-page policy documents, and otherwise keep the hell out of my sphere of awareness.