Opinion

Opinion.
There was
a time.
A time
of give
and take.
A time of
discourse.
Ideas,
thoughts
bandied
about.
Consensus
formed.
Agree to
disagree.
Free speech
allowed.
Win some
lose some.
A world
now gone.
Minds
hardened.
Calcified.
One way
to think.
Disagree
no more,
they’ll
be hell
to pay.
Friends
and family
cleaved,
severed.
Cancelled,
doxed.
Middle
ground,
an island
too far!
Sad.

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

I remember those times. There doesn’t appear to be debate these days. I fear for democracy. Indoctrination rules, not education.

Chris

[John Prophet]

Hi Chris,
So true and they’re indoctrinating the young.
Thank you for reading.
read moreHi Chris,
So true and they’re indoctrinating the young.
Thank you for reading.
JP

[Chris Shaw]

Yes, they are. And that is of particular concern

[John Prophet]

https://youtu.be/flp7gKg5G4E
A bit long but we’ll worth the watch

[John the Baptist]

If you can remember such times, you must be a septuagenarian like me.

[John Prophet]

Hi JB,
Yup, 71 years on this spinning rock. Thank you for reading.
JP

[carl]

very true and yes, very sad. the day of discourse and middle ground has passed, it is the age of confrontation and isolation in all things at any expense. thanks for the post -carl

[John Prophet]

Thanks for reading Carl.
I hope the pendulum can start swinging back toward sanity again.

[carl]

that would be really great and i think we must hold to that hope