However, I have a feeling we’re fated to talk past each other. A statement like “the Republicans have nobody running for president that has a chance of winning” is so 180° to the landscape I see, I think we’d have to start by inventing a new language to talk in.

And that was another tiresome part of the site I mentioned earlier. Before we could begin to talk, we had to break every question down into tiny pieces and define the pieces. Because both sides have been talking among themselves for so long, we’ve attached a huge amount of baggage to simple statements. Which would be okay, except each side has attached a huge amount of different baggage. So we had to explain both mountains of baggage to each other before we could move on to the next simple statement in the argument. We seldom got far.

Realistically, the Republicans have nobody running for president that has a chance of winning. Many conservatives are preparing to go into opposition, and continue the cycle of political warfare. I think it’s a good time to figure out how to live together peacefully, if we can.

Have you also checked out my blog?

By the time I hear about something, everybody’s already blogged it. That’s how I hear about it, after all. And other than “me too,” what have I got to add beyond a sulphurous whiff of mental instability?

Or maybe I’m just a pussy.

Anyhow, I have participated in sites where the two sides try to talk to each other using their grownup voices. Sometimes it’s enjoyable to try to have a level and calm conversation with the Other Side. Mostly, it’s painful and exhausting. Once you get to know each other a little better, you STILL disagree violently on the most basic concepts, but now you’re doing it with somebody you know.

Apologies in advance for whenever I stop catblogging and start making with the monkey noises.