Acidus wrote:

“The Republicans have been taken over by religious conservatives,” he said. “Partly because of the fundamentalism, we have a more ideological politics than ever before. Now more than ever we're seeing the politicization of this issue and others like stem cells, the morning after pill and global warming. Republicans do it because it works.”

Simply Shocking.

Is it?

Is it a sign of weakness that I'm not shocked at all? Is it a sign that we're losing? Because, honestly, this shit doesn't surprise me at all anymore.

It doesn't even fuel my opposition engine anymore. All I feel is resignation. And depression, i guess. How do you counter this? Logic just doesn't work, because it's not logical in the first place. I simply don't know how to operate in a regime where logic doesn't help or, quite remarkably, hurts.

Maybe the democrats are like that overly logical man, who's having trouble with his girlfriend but can't figure out why. And he's making everything worse, not because he's a bad person, but because he doesn't grasp that the problem isn't one that can be handled through logical discussion. Logic can't solve emotional issues. He's frustrated and upset because she's "irrational", and she's having none of it because rationality isn't the point.

That's how I feel right now. I can't appeal to these people because I don't speak the right language. So I'm frustrated and upset, but I'm damn near the point of throwing my hands in the air because I can't deal with it anymore.

Maybe I'll go live in the desert or up a mountain. I'll be an ascetic, a hermit, and eschew all contact with these squirrelly and intractable issues until reason and logic can re-enter the vernacular.

RE: In evolution, Americans are big non-believers