"I tend to think both parties are speedboats with open throttles, piloted by dogs."
by Phil Vischer
Watching a political convention is an odd experience when you feel at home in neither party. You notice the inspiring rhetoric. And the false and misleading statements. You notice the knuckleheads outside the convention center. You wonder how one party came to be so fanatically committed to unfettered access to assault weapons. And the other to unfettered access to abortion.
If you're old enough, you remember that this was not always the case, and that both parties adopted their current positions primarily as a reaction to... the other party. And so at one convention they're raffling off assault rifles, a weapon designed to take a human life, as political theater. And at the other convention they're giving away free abortions, a medical procedure designed to take a human life, as political theater.
On TwiXter you see one bunch of Christians praise a speech as the best thing they've ever heard, while another bunch decries it as words straight from the pit of Hell. Some say one party is the party of progress and the other the party of regress. Or one is the party of God and the other of Satan.
I tend to think both parties are speedboats with open throttles, piloted by dogs. Of course you realize, by finding yourself comfortable in neither dog-piloted speedboat, people will accuse you of "both-sides-ism" and underplaying the unadulterated evil of the "other" party, and you'll probably wind up in Meg Basham's next book, linked on a bulletin board with red yarn to either a Jewish banker or Satan himself. And you think to yourself, tribalism is a heckuva drug.
So you change the channel and find a documentary about the making of "Galaxy Quest." And you enjoy the rest of your evening.
“Caught Between Two Speedboats” sounds like an intense and thrilling experience! It’s a great reminder of how quickly things can shift. If you’re feeling similarly overwhelmed with your linguistics dissertation, seeking some “Linguistics Dissertation Help” could be a lifesaver to steer you towards smoother waters.
Not a bad analogy, but let me run with it a bit.
If one of the speedboats is doing its typical unhelpful circles in the middle of the lake, while the other boat has started flying a fascist flag, switched its fuel from gasoline to lies, and is careening on a course that threatens our neighbors in the Bay of Human Rights and Democracy (somehow I also want to put the people of Ukraine and Eastern Europe on the shore), it would be justified to give priority to stopping the latter boat (as your recent guest Adam Kinzinger has recognized).
The (somewhat) subtle difference between the AR-15 giveaway and the free abortions is that the rifle is not intended to end a human life nor will it necessarily kill anyone (it’s a hunting and sporting rifle. Also, the AR in the name stands for ArmaLite Rifle, not Assault Rifle) while the sole purpose of an abortion is to end a human life.
Love you guys, but can you please not use AI art?