Agreed. One of the most insidious negatives on FR is incipient cynicism. The “It’s too late to do anything about it” crowd pops it ugly head up on nearly every thread. If their minds are so numbed as to be incapable of thinking their way out of the paper bag they are stuck in they should shut up and listen, not babble their incoherent fear.
Yes - they should shut up and listen to folks yell at them for not supporting the latest milquetoast!
Most of the people yelling for people to listen aren’t saying anything that is helpful.
Louis, you and I both read the Sultan’s articles. One thing I notice is, there is a difference between the naysaying you mention, and the realistic assessment of the situation - which the Green Machine trained me to do.
And the realistic assessment is, we are quite past the event horizon as far as civil redress in this country is concerned; we are rapidly approaching conflict resolutino “by other means”, as it were.
While I would LOVE to see civil redress occur, I hold out very little hope, given the near-total control of the process by the opposition.