That's a thing these days.Originally Posted by ApatheticNoMore
That's a thing these days.
I have a lot of white males in my life. I see the younger people struggle however out of the 4 closest to me only one has the leanings towards being a really angry white male. The others are in cultures where they have a diversity of friends, see what other people go through with race and gender, and are looking at the struggles in their life as not a condition of being white and male. So I see great hope in that, we encourage other groups to take charge and responsibility to challenges (with a lot of evidence that they face significant extra challenges) so being fair across the lines should encourage the same. However I see the stress of older white males who have expectations of the younger generation to do things that are not how the world is working right now.
Yes, I know the angst people had when they feared that Kennedy would force everyone to become Catholic..........but he didn't act and talk like some of the far right evangelicals of today....running for president.
I believe the issue of the day was "as a Catholic, will Kennedy allow the Pope to run the country?". So it's a perfect parallel.
WilliamSmith, I agree with many (but not all) of your opinions.
However, I don't have feelings about it. I keep my emotions separate, I guess. I think it helps not to watch television news or listen to the radio.
I'm not sure what being a white male has to do with it. There's no need to define yourself by some imaginary demographic dreamed up by news agencies; you're just playing into their hands.
You are a unique individual, not a pawn.
I also want change, but of a very different sort.
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” -- Gandalf
The first rule of Fight Club.... :-)
In all fairness, John Kennedy was not a Bible-waving, wild-eyed evangelical like Huckabee, Santorum, Cruz. He was just a man who attended the Catholic Church. Jimmy Carter would be one example of a Christian who just lived his faith rather than trying to cram it down all our throats, as many fear this Republican crop would do.
Barring some act of God, the Republicans are not going to win this election. I'm not paying any attention to their antics.
Thank goodness I'm an atheist so I find it highly unlikely that there are any acts of God, much less one that will influence our election.
don't talk about Fight Club, of course
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