tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post8845900709000484996..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: A Few Quotes To Power A Question Of Some ImportanceFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-68754436598860907102020-04-18T22:57:19.274-04:002020-04-18T22:57:19.274-04:00Donald Trump has a very good feel for public opini...Donald Trump has a very good feel for public opinion. After initially trying to stand athwart that opinion and ride out the storm was quickly dissuaded. Public opinion was very fearful. The entire political establishment got ahead of the wave one-upping each other to show deference to the fear. Note that the governors who took the most draconian actions have the highest public opinion (in their states) and those that did not saw their poll drop. The public is (was) very fearful because the polity is no long composed of the stern stuff of earlier generations. The make-up of the first American Republic (ended with the civil war) has little in common with us the fifth Republic (since 2001). For me the demarcation years are 1776, 1865, 1913, 1965, and 2001.Andy Texanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08930212556020086701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-5570882298000604802020-04-18T09:29:38.606-04:002020-04-18T09:29:38.606-04:00Sadly, most people have little desire to be truly ...Sadly, most people have little desire to be truly free. They just want to go along with the whims of the crowd, partake in the entertainments of the rest of them, amuse themselves at the end of the day, and - I hate to point this out - NOT THINK TOO HARD.<br /><br />To some extent, leaders are at least a cut above the average in IQ. They're a whole lot more above the average in their willingness/ability to resist the pull of the many into conformity. Few women are those kind of leaders. As Sarah A Hoyt describes them, they are ODDS. And, women are less likely to be standoffish, prickly loners. Hell, even women who are Cranks yearn for others to join them.<br /><br />Even Dian Fossey, isolated in her studies from many people, had her companions - the Apes. She made herself into one who could derive her satisfaction from another species. Because, for women, isolation from other living things is true torture. Hence, social isolates who are female become Cat Ladies.<br /><br />Not so some of the men. It is inherent in them to resist the pull of the group, and insist on making their own way. Hermits, Loners, and other Isolates abound in their gender. To stand against the wisdom of the crowd does not cause a sick feeling to well up within their being (unlike that felt by almost all women, and many men). They can resist the pull to conform.Linda Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15024201252345608291noreply@blogger.com