Interesting spin by Herself, on both what constitutes “treason” and “atrocity”.
If done by Herself, this passes for “statesmanship”. Had it been done by either of the Bushes or Henry Kissinger, it would clearly be an impeachable and prosecutable offense.
We have been in this alternate universe for a while now. And we cannot seem to find the wormhole by which to return.
Doctor Who, where are you?
To find the way out of this alternate universe we need to find the way we got into it in the first place and use the same wormhole to exit. In an article by Alex Newman titled “Obama Decree Uneashes “Behavioral Science” Squad to “Nudge” You (Sept. 18, 2015, The New American) there might be a clue:
“Under the guise of better “serving” the American people through government, Obama signed an executive order this week calling for federal agencies and departments to deploy emerging “behavioral science” techniques against the public.
“The order also establishes a Social and Behavioral Sciences Team charged with applying psychological research to manipulate the beliefs and behaviors of Americans under various pretexts, and guide the vast federal bureaucracy as it hones its abilities to manipulate the public. “
It goes on, but the point is that there is a reason facts don’t seem to have any impact on the people we try to convince. There is a reason they can believe anything absurd and that there was a total turn around on public opinion on gay marriage in such a short time, that global warming only needed to be tagged climate change in order to maintain credibility with many people, that even in the face of Hillary looking into the camera and admitting to lying and betrayal she still is supported.
Behavioral Sciences and psychology are dismissed by our side while being USED by the other side. Psychology is not just “counseling” or some frivolous study. It is a weapon when used in certain ways to strategically position image, words, feelings of large groups of people. Trayvon Martin becomes a cause, the Gentle Giant is on everyone’s lips, but the girl killed by an illegal in San Francisco??? Well, “things happen.” Benghazi? “Well, so long ago”, etc.
We had better start paying attention to this stuff and grab the language, stop using their terms, stop giving into their demands, stop apologizing for offending them, stop changing team names and acting as if their complaints are real when they are not. All of it is connected and goes back to manipulation of public opinion. (See Century of Self Documentary). These tools are available to us as well. Reframe arguments, never let anything go just to be popular with someone.