Undeniably Right

What are they telling us?

During the pandemic the phrase "trust the science" became popular. The truth behind that phrase was that we needed to trust the 'science' that was promoted by the federal bureaucracy in order to justify the actions they were taking. They had to silence qualified professionals that disagreed with the claims made about science. That philosophy has been extended into other parts of our society specifically gender identity, sexual identity, and so on.

I was watching a video in which Erica Komisar, a psychoanalyst, author, and parent coach, was discussing a study conducted in the United Kingdom. The scientists conducting the study were concerned or interested in why men and women react differently in certain situations. They studied a number of parents and how the mother and the father would react to different stimuli.

uh-oh 

The rule of law governs our nation as opposed to the rule of man. That is a founding principle that should permeate our society. The goal was to treat everyone equally when in similar situations. The rule of a monarch or a tyrant, the rule of man, leaves treatment of subjects open to the whims and emotions of the person in charge.

During the College Football Playoff game between Texas and Arizona State, there was a situation late in the game in which a penalty should have been called but was not. Had it been called, Arizona State likely would have won the game by at the very least, being able to kick a field goal. But because officials decided not to call an infraction, the game went into double overtime where Arizona State lost to Texas.

The majority of fans and experts, including officials, agree that the situation was technically a violation of the rules, and a penalty should have been called and enforced. Most of us agree that the situation was one that did not rise to the level of violating the spirit of the rule. The rule has to do with unnecessary roughness and that probably needs to be changed to exclude this type of hit that occurred in the game.

But if we are a nation to be governed by the rule of law, then we specifically take out the emotions of man. You might say that this is just a game and has no correlation with “real life.” But you are wrong because principles apply to all facets of our life and society.

A new take? 

I sure hope it is!

If you ever want to see people act like lemmings, just start watching their social media posts. The members of the Grant County meme brigade are a perfect example. The topics about which they make their posts will be identical. Whatever the topic is that the creators of the memes decide they want to promote, the lemmings repost their often factually incorrect memes and act morally superior. And it's ironic that they act morally superior because that's kind of the underlying theme of my column today.

Recently several members of the brigade have begun posting about how the indigenous people of North America were morally superior to the Europeans that invaded their lands. That they lived in harmony and cared about the land in ways that we are apparently not capable of appreciating or emulating. We know the truth to be completely different from that fantasy. The indigenous people were violent just like the rest of the world. They enslaved each other after fighting wars. When the Europeans arrived, they were living relatively simplistic lifestyles.

I tend to agree with the statement. Let's see what he says!