Originally Posted by Extenda

I’ve come to the conclusion that American politics has developed a unique attribute over the last 30 years or so. Normal societies judge people, parties and institutions by their actions. Not so here. The “thing” being done is irrelevant, it’s the “who” that’s doing it. We have a political culture where most people will immediately establish the “who” doing it and then conduct mental contortion to determine whether the “thing” is either black and white good/bad based on if it’s the “good who” or the “bad who”.

The reason for this is largely because switching sides or changing your opinion has become weak flip flopping and something to be ashamed of, as opposed to natural learning and character growth. Americans would, quite literally, rather die than admit they were wrong, about pretty much anything.

If you’re not angry that the side whose entire foreign policy campaign centered around “no new wars, the other side will start a war with Iran” shifted entirely to starting a war in Iran, then you’re part of the problem.

Personally I thought it was all bluster and neither side was going to start any wars, but here we are. I was wrong.

Obviously just my humble opinion.