A Time For Silence

The most obnoxious conservative demagogues, including cult master Trump himself, have spent the weekend at CPAC sniping at and denigrating the president, his administration, and anyone else who doesn't agree with them, reading from the same tired old script and spinning the same old lies. 

I've never known a group of people with less imagination and invention. They can't even make up new untruths.

When he was President Obama's point guard, then-Vice President Biden sparred and traded political jabs with true heavyweights around the world. The small voices at CPAC are like so many gnats.

President Biden should do what he does best: stay cool, focus on genuinely serious matters, and remain calm. He absolutely should not engage that batch of fools.

Trump and his ilk live for attention. Like teenage girls, the worst thing they can suffer is indifference and inattention. Mr. Biden and his staff should provide lots and lots of silence.

--- Diogenes, 2/28/21

 

 

Quo Vadimus?

I've been silent for a couple of weeks because I've been bouncing around on the horns of a trilemma--or maybe a quadrilemma--how many horns can a lemma have, anyway?

The challenge facing us here at Vox Humana is how, or if, to redefine the blog. We started the project in March 2017 as a means of protesting the Trump presidency. Our original mission statement was to expose and comment on "the lies, malfeasance, and crimes of the Trump administration. We use facts to expose Trump for the fraud he is."

Following the Biden inauguration we began considering a new direction. The publication of "Ignorance Is The Curse Of God" on January 26 was intended as our first effort in a more informational, less adversarial, direction. But while Trump is gone, the Trump cult remains active. The antics and pronouncements of Gaetz, Greene, McCarthy, et al. seemed to call for a return to our anti-Trump stance. But we had already set a foundation for a new direction, which we really didn't want to abandon.

Moreover, as Trump fades away in the nation's rear-view mirror, it is apparent that his cult members are losing focus. The more hard core among them will continue to spout Trumpery and QAnonisms for a longer or shorter time, depending 1) on the depth to which they have been brainwashed and 2) the level of control they are willing to grant to the crazies in their constituency.

Enter the trilemma.

The choices we faced were:

• Move forward in the new direction;
• Re-set our sights on Trump cult members, especially those in Congress;
• Return to our original anti-Trump stance;
• Try to tackle all three, perhaps through a second blog.

This was not an easy decision. Trump and the Trump cult remain a clear and present danger to this country. We are especially alarmed by the number of true believers in Congress. In the end we decided it was better to move forward than to always be looking backward. We'll keep an eye on the Great Pretender, and will maintain a close watch for cultic craziness in Congress and elsewhere.

So with apologies for the long hiatus, we'll resume our series on the Constitution with the next post.

Thanks for your patience.

---Diogenes, 2/10/21