The current political climate is giving me pause, forcing me to rethink a pledge I made on this blog many years ago, which was that censor or block anyone on my social media network because of their politics.
You know, of course, that I consider myself to be a âcenter-leftâ blogger. I extol what I call âgood government progressivism.â Thatâs another way of saying that I do not accept some of the wacky progressive notions being tossed around. Free college for everyone? A non-starter, man.
But wait! There are a ton of individuals on the MAGA right wing of the great divide who keep telling lies. They use my blog to foment those lies when I comment on them. They will respond to a comment I offer about why I consider The Big Lie â the one about alleged theft of the 2020 presidential election â to be a threat to democracy. They say there was widespread fraud. Yet they provide the same amount of evidence of such fraud as the Godfather of The Big Lie, Donald Trump: none!
I am not going to be a pansy about criticism of my comments. I donât mind receiving barbs. Seriously. Itâs OK with me. What troubles me are the lies that critics use to buttress their shameful responses.
They contend that President Biden is suffering from a lack of cognition. They donât know what theyâre talking about. They continue to insist that Biden wasnât elected POTUS legitimately. Texas has a congressman, first-term Republican Ronny Jackson, who insists that Democrats are seeking to destroy the nationâs democratic process. He is full of sh**!
All of this leads to ponder whether I want to renege on my pledge to allow this blog to be an open forum for discussion. Well, I wonât take it back. I am not going to allow the fomenting of lies.