The Emperor IS Clothed!

I've been watching a lot of the Democratic National Convention this week. I have found many of the speeches very moving. What has surprised me is some of the responses in the letters column of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. I won't link here because I doubt the link will survive more than a day or two. But comments like

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's full-color, Page One photo of Bill and Hillary Clinton -- the Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker of politics -- ruined a good cup of coffee for me. Picturing them was asking too much of readers, some of whom are Republicans or independents, so early in the day.

This Boston experiment in despair by America's leftist/socialist party -- parading tired old liberal political warhorses as inspiration -- is not going to work.

from Felton Hudson and this

[Carter's] embracing of the vitriolic left disgusts many of us who voted for him long ago.

from David Hanson are just baffling to me. Somehow the leaders saying things that I found inspiring are offending others.

It seems to me that some people who support Bush are completely unwilling to hear other ideas. It reminds me of the story of the Emperor's New Clothes where some con men convince people to say that they can see non-existent clothes in order to maintain their self-important reputations. Today, however, supporters of our current administration seem to be trying to shout down those who try to point out that the Emperor has no clothes, continuing to insist that he IS clothed and anyone who disagrees is ignorant and wrong.

Is there anything that anyone can say which will enable these people to see that there is a chance that they are wrong and that there might be other options?

Posted by JoKeR at July 28, 2004 09:57 PM | TrackBack