This, too shall pass!
Society in the United States will get beyond the violence which struck the United States Capitol building January 6, a date which will remain relevant, at least in the short term, and its duration will depend on how well and how quickly we find ways to recover. There is no doubt damage was perpetrated to society in many aspects, political, cultural, truth, trust.
In the American tradition, political perspective and persuasion variation are traditional with a strong strain in our democracy. Fragile is linked to democracy because historically societies sever themselves when democracy is not the shared goal. Autocracy is the strongest step to the end of democracy.
Our government is not an autocracy today, however, those tendencies have been more than evidently expressed by the president who has less than one week remaining in office. He has solidified an appeal to millions of followers and tapped into a sense of unhappiness in the land.
Most Americans grow up with a shared thought of trusting some semblance of speakers’ statements; shaded perhaps to make a point, or, to convince listeners. How much Donald Trump convinced a segment of society that he won the last election and that it was stolen from him, will be the subject of many studies relevant to politics, sociology, even religion.
The simple, correct, truth, should anyone reading thus far not know, Joe Biden received more votes, both popular and electoral, than Donald Trump. As a society, we should want our political representatives, community, state, and national, to do well, be honest, and recognize their roles. Donald Trump, for what ever good things he may have done, failed to get beyond himself and see the bigger picture: Our country. His failure goes well beyond a political perspective. The violence, lack of respect, lack of civility, lack of candor, lack of honesty, is in direct opposition to the values of American life for more than 240 years, for all of the faults and failures of “we the people” today and yesterday. Simply: He wanted to stay in power.
A sense of sanity must be restored if our integrity is to be sustained. We can do it. We must do it!
Clear and Concise, Week 2, Year 2:
• Clarity in both written word and spoken word is greater than good grammar. It leads to both precise conveyance of thought and information and in understanding. One simple example of growing improper context is the use of the phrase, for example, “in a number of cases…,” which conveys only plural. Is it two cases, or, 22, or, 222? It is much too vague.