A Reader Writes: Disgusted and Disappointed
A reader writes (in response to this post):
Sir, I am disgusted and disappointed that a man in your position would post a partisan position attacking a man elected by a huge majority of Americans. As a spiritual leader your opinions on politics should remain private-I commend you for at least not defending the Clintons..remember Bill-the ultimate sexual predator ? Hillary,the foul mouthed ,lying,corrupt “wife”?? For the record,the Clinton’s have been under various Federal investigations since the 1990’s You are however,the stereotypical Democrat..ignore the facts if they interfere with my beliefs.. Our country is losing the middle class(jobs) at an astounding rate-welfare participation is at an all time high.how much longer do you think we can keep this up ? You should go back to your office and smoke your feel good pipe and drift back to your feel good land of Oz,or wherever your logic comes from ! You have lost all credibility with me;I will never buy your books or listen to your lectures again. Stick to the subject you actually know something about. p.s. to suggest certain ethnic groups should feel threatened is absurd,watch the next years events to see your prediction vaporize..
My dear brother, thanks so much for writing. Just as I felt free to express my opinion last week, so did you. And that’s a good thing. The key is what we do next – do we turn our backs on one another as enemies, or do we seek to understand one another as neighbors?
I would like to respond briefly to your note in a dialogue format here. I hope you’ll contact me again with your response.
Sir,I am disgusted and disappointed that a man in your position would post a partisan position attacking a man elected by a huge majority of Americans.
I am sorry this disgusted and disappointed you. My purpose in writing that piece was to help people who didn’t support Trump to process our grief in a constructive way. I wish I could have helped others without disgusting and disappointing you.
It is good for both of us to remember that Mr. Trump wasn’t actually elected by a huge majority, In fact, Hillary Clintonwon the majority of the popular vote. But Mr. Trump indeed won the electoral college by about 108,000 votes, and you have every right to be as happy about your candidate winning as many of us were sad about him winning.
As a spiritual leader your opinions on politics should remain private-I commend you for at least not defending the Clintons..remember Bill-the ultimate sexual predator ? Hillary,the foul mouthed ,lying,corrupt “wife”?? For the record,the Clinton’s have been under various Federal investigations since the 1990’s
In this election, my brother, both candidates had issues, didn’t they? So both of us had to support people with some well-publicized flaws. It’s clear you felt Ms. Clinton’s flaws were greater than Mr. Trump’s, and I felt the opposite – strongly, in fact. I would hope that both of us could express our differing political opinions in a respectful way. I agree it would be better to remain silent than to speak in a harsh or hateful way, but it is even better when we can express ourselves honestly and respectfully, “speaking the truth in love.”
You are however,the stereotypical Democrat..ignore the facts if they interfere with my beliefs..
You are indeed correct that Democrats sometimes do this. In fact, I’ll bet you’d agree that this isn’t just a democratic problem – it’s a human problem. All of us are tempted to ignore facts that disagree with our beliefs, and it’s one reason why it’s important for us to listen to each other and be open to being corrected.
Our country is losing the middle class(jobs) at an astounding rate-welfare participation is at an all time high.how much longer do you think we can keep this up ?
I didn’t know the facts on welfare participation these days, so I did a little research. Here’s a link to some informationon welfare you might find helpful.
It sounds like you and I actually agree on three things: 1. we would like to see more poor people in good jobs so they can get out of poverty, 2. we would like to see more and better middle class jobs, and 3. we want conditions to improve now, not get worse and worse.
I hoped Hillary Clinton could help us make progress in these areas, which is one reason why I voted for her. Now that Mr. Trump has won, I hope he can successfully increase the number of jobs and the fairness of pay so that fewer people need welfare programs and more poor people can rise to the middle class. That would be great. Please don’t think we disagree on this.
You should go back to your office and smoke your feel good pipe and drift back to your feel good land of Oz,or wherever your logic comes from !
Well, I actually don’t have an office – I work at a desk in my living room. And I never smoked a pipe. And I haven’t been to Oz yet either! But I understand you to be saying that I make no sense to you. If you’d like to ask me some questions about this, I’d do my best to explain, and if you show me where you have better ideas, I’ll gratefully accept them.
You have lost all credibility with me;I will never buy your books or listen to your lectures again. Stick to the subject you actually know something about.
I’m sorry you feel that way. I’m honored that I used to have credibility with you and that you feel I know something about something, even though our political views differ. It’s important that we find ways to coexist peacefully, even with our disagreements, because we share one country, one planet, and one future.
p.s. to suggest certain ethnic groups should feel threatened is absurd,watch the next years events to see your prediction vaporize..
You are right to observe that this was one of my greatest concerns last Wednesday. And sadly, this last week has provided a huge amount of evidence that my concern was justified. If you are willing to look at some reports (with lots of photographic and video evidence), this report has links at the end.
I’m glad that Mr. Trump asked people to stop this last night. Let us hope that these events will indeed, as you say, vaporize.
