A few weeks ago, at a town hall gathering hosted by my Congressman, who graciously updates constituents in person each month, I found myself surrounded by howling hostiles. The situation became surreal, bizarre.
The presence of screaming lunatics seemed to be a dark omen signaling a troubled future for humanity. Would civilized society be foreclosed at the hands of such mobs?
At the very least, I mused, we live in fascinating times. Fellow Americans, who had formerly postured as virtuous and peaceful “good guys,” ripped off their saintly masks to voice an unseemly blood lust. Their bodies shook with the side effects of what I assumed were psychiatric medications. The cries for more war, more death, and more suffering were delivered with a certain glee of insanity.
The crazy eyes of the war dogs, their agitated demeanor, signaled their display was not an affectation. Not a mere college skit. Rather, something inherently evil seemed to emerge from their rabid snarls. The threat of violence was in play—as it was meant to be. The message was: “Listen to us or we will hurt you.”
Being engulfed in the vacant stares of angry zombie-like creatures shouting pre-scripted chants was disturbing — a major departure from anything one might call democracy. At first, the unexpected assault triggered anger—as was intended. But my anger soon gave way to profound sadness. My sympathy was aroused: the demonstrators were clearly victims of propaganda and inhumane MKULTRA-style brainwashing.
Weeks later, upon further reflection, I realized that the least disturbed of the protesters, especially women (the majority were women), engaged in unreasoned protest in unconscious imitation of MSM news personalities, the plethora of highly visible media role models who demonstrate a profound lack of intellect and a stunning lack of understanding of issues.
MSM hosts are trained to read scripts and perform the role of host. The performance includes an astonishing blank assertiveness. Whereas they might lack actual insight into issues, they’re quite skilled at bluster. They know their job is not to offer intellectual gravitas but rather to bulldoze unwanted opinions and facts. They’re tasked with delivering propaganda with the subtlety of a fighter in an MMA cage match.
The uninformed media personality has become the role model for so many. At the quasi town hall vacuous screamers steamrolled civil attendees. I now realize that many find pleasure in a performative assertiveness designed to demolish reasoned dialogue, and thus destroy civil society and democracy.
The winner is not the person with the best ideas or greatest understanding. Rather, the (perceived) winner displays an unbreakable wall of ignorance that leaves them untouched by the virtue of community and human relationship. The winner is the one who can drive through the event like a Soviet tank with mindless singularity of purpose that excludes the human reason and spiritual purpose.
A mediator cannot easily convene peacemaking with those who lack basic goodwill. Those lacking a sense of common purpose and respect, those lacking a desire to collaborate, heap scorn on peacemakers. They are not ready for the process.
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