of the other I just read on the front page of GDP:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251947576
Too kind...more kindness...DU at least, if not the party nor the nation, seems all over the map when it comes to kindness.
Frankly, from my perspective, there's no such thing as too much kindness. Not when it is authentic, anyway.
Being kind or respectful to others is not the same thing as laying down and baring our throats and bellies, and that's what seems to confuse way too many. Too many who can't see kindness going hand in hand with standing firm.
Perhaps those people should pay more attention to Sanders. He does a damned fine job of treating opposition with respect without backing down. Of course, respect is not quite the same as kindness, although they could be considered to be related. It's hard to be kind without respect.
Republicans? They engage in name-calling and put-downs? No kidding. So the solution to that is that Democrats ought to join them in the name-calling and put-downs? Here's a clue: Democrats already do so. You can't be unaware of all the names that Democrats call Republicans and call each other.
Neither side is clean when it comes to name-calling. It's just that the MSM latches on to name-calling as legitimate and repeats those names often enough to put them in the expected cultural lexicon, with negative connotations attached. That's not because Democrats are too kind. It's because too many Democrats are too cowed to stand their ground, too convinced that standing their ground means "losing."
Kindness...the Democratic Party, DU, the nation, and the world could use a whole hell of a lot more kindness, imo.
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