to see with one eye
to hear with one ear
insults the endowment
of reasoned free will
ignores the philosophers
from Plato to Nozick
injures the birthright
heirloom of Cleisthenes
such half-informed citizens
founder and slump
in the wallowing
squalor of demagogues
Writer Lynne Sargent
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Poesy plus Polemics 
I have a startling fresh example of such beings in my life right now.
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their lopsided existence is their problem – don’t let it be yours
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we BOTH gotta stop listening to the morning news!
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ho ho and amen – it’s maddening
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really enjoyed this Paul… remarkable job
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thanks a lot TJ
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Well, we don’t agree on politics but I still like your poem. You were quiet for a few days. Hope all is okay. I remember my father calling me a half-wit. In his defense, he was a good father, not having had one himself, and I can be remarkably stupid. He would have agreed with your politics, of that I am quite sure.
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my politics and yours are beside the point – the key is coming to one’s convictions by honestly evaluating both sides – hearing both arguments fairly – it’s the trenchant refusal to give any credence to the “other side” that I pity with this poem
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You said it, Paul. I was recently involved in an online discussion of abortion. Those who disagreed with me relied on the same old rhetoric spouted by the mainstream media and powers that be. They discounted my sources, often without reading them, simply because my sources looked at the issue from the point of view with which they disagree (and a few just devolved to insults). If you want to take a position on an issue, argue that position, and vote for or against someone/something based on it, then you should be seeking out opposing viewpoints from their source, if for no other reason than to shoot them down.
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so many people are like sheep – they just don’t have the wherewithal to sustain a discussion – so they retreat to namecalling
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Great writing –
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thank you very much Bjorn
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Reblogged this on Poesy plus Polemics.
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And get to rule the world! Fine poem.
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a sad truth
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Reblogged this on OUR POETRY CORNER.
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Reblogged this on The Atheist Who Believes in God and commented:
I loved this so much I had to share.
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Seems like an epidemic to me.
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all that inbreeding, I suppose
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I don’t know, Paul–I’ve known some educated snobs who seemed halfwits…or less.
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me, too
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OK, just right!!!
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appreciate that
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