Tuesday open thread: Time to man- and woman-up
Look, my friends, I know. It's scary. We all want the world to conform itself to its better angels. We often can't understand why so many people choose chaos, animus, and hatred. We don't see how that's any kind of life to lead, where you are subsumed by wanting to dominate and control anyone who isn't you. This is not a life any of us would choose, wrapped up in hate and invective. We are, by nature, peaceful people, who just want everyone to live by the words of the philosopher from Minnesota: Mind your own damned business. The past week to ten days have seen Democrats do what Democrats all too often do: Descend from joy and enthusiasm into despair and worry. We obsess over the polls. We obsess over what Pundit A has to say. Nothing has changed in the ether. The race is as it has always been: tight, favoring Vice President Kamala Harris, nothing in the bag yet. But for too many of us on this side of the aisle, we revert to fear. We revert to thinking, "No,
