2022 CPC Leadership Discussion: Et tu Redeux

[Fishbone Jones]

I think a lot of it is moot. The normal man on the street doesn't parse political speech into the minutiae that we do here. In fact, I'd wager most don't listen to it at all. They'll hear what they want to hear, discount what they don't want to hear and vote for the person who matches their personality and is willing to take on the problems that are their problems. The people that are broke, hungry and jobless won't listen to the guy that took all that away from them, but they will vote for the guy that says he's going to give it back. A vast majority vote for what's good for them, not someone on the other side of the country. And they certainly don't spend their time discussing what exactly a socialist or fascist is.

But it keeps the lights on here.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

I have always seen politics like a circle with a line running N-S through it. At the top where the line intersects the circle is political centre, as you go left or right the further you go from centre. At the bottom of the circle, the far left and right meet, the words and reasons will be different the actions will be the same, they will control and kill to stay in control. At that point the words carry little weight.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

I have always seen politics like a circle with a line running N-S through it. At the top where the line intersects the circle is political centre, as you go left or right the further you go from centre. At the bottom of the circle, the far left and right meet, the words and reasons will be different the actions will be the same, they will control and kill to stay in control. At that point the words carry little weight.

Great analogy Colin