tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866592855958472667.post1007843933375193890..comments2016-05-19T02:10:07.388-04:00Comments on Boston Turg Talk: Will All the Fake People Please Rise?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866592855958472667.post-33730200826760428872009-02-09T13:17:00.000-05:002009-02-09T13:17:00.000-05:00I've found Republicans have been playing the divis...I've found Republicans have been playing the division card A LOT in the last couple of years, and Democrats have been eating it up. Remember the whole "Bush isn't my president" bumper sticker campaign? Unless you actually defected to Canada or somewhere, Bush was your president and pretending he wasn't doesn't excuse you from dissidence. That was long and slightly off-topic. The recent "real people" malarkey feels like the whole sports team/popular kid identifiers in High School. It's one thing to make a distinction between supporters and opponents but to dehumanize those opponents is another ball of historically-charged wax. Usually that ball is unfurled on racial, religious or ethnic divides which we recognize as obviously wrong now (eventhough we still do it). But the American inherit cultural distrust of artists makes us an easy target. And an enemy helps solidify your base.Turg Talkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16357939629770044750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866592855958472667.post-31230742853340775342009-02-09T12:50:00.000-05:002009-02-09T12:50:00.000-05:00errr, constiutents was the wrong word. I meant th...errr, constiutents was the wrong word. I meant their voters, not all the people they "represent".Jack Rizutkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09302523868905233314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866592855958472667.post-65181677861014711072009-02-09T12:49:00.000-05:002009-02-09T12:49:00.000-05:00Thanks for writing about this. I wouldn't have he...Thanks for writing about this. I wouldn't have heard about it otherwise, and I thi8nk its important to keep in mind when assessing politicians these days. Do they actually count all citizens as "real people", or just their constituents?Jack Rizutkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09302523868905233314noreply@blogger.com