Personal Views - #501 - #73 – Gotcha’ vs. Legitimate debate

Most thinking people are tired of “Gotcha” conversations. They want to “know”!
Most people are not “thinking” people. They are “survival” or “just get along” people.
“Not everyone” is turned on by the same things.
Most people are embarrassed by these labels. They do not like to be labeled! They believe they are “bigger” than that! They believe that they are more complicated than that!

“Who”, just “Who”, are these public “debates” pointed at! It’s the “voters” of course.
“Who” are most of the voters? They are the general public, the uninformed, the “just get along” people!

There are experts in what to say to the “get along” people. They are highly paid consultants that write books on the subject. It is “NOT” information the “get along” people receive but what the consultant wants them to hear. This is “NOT” legitimate debate.

“Legitimate debate” is when two or more people discuss why they believe in a certain way. “NO” it’s “not “what they believe”, (that’s more of what thinking people get turned off….) but “why and what” made them think the way they think. This gives the thinking people “alternatives” on which to make their own opinions. That’s “information”!

Would you believe a football coach would give the opposing team his playbook? Of course “not”! There are certain things you don’t want your opponent to know. How much, in all fairness, do you want your opponent to know? That is why the nation’s secrets are so difficult to regulate. We want to know something. What is “enough”? This is why the nation needs leaders it can trust. In every position, the nation needs our finest. Politicians who can be trusted! The few whose judgment we trust.

We cannot distrust everyone! We cannot “try” everyone. But, as a nation, we can try “alternatives and definitions” when ever we speak.

Do you believe in “I gotcha” talk? Do you use “I gotcha beliefs” instead of “the search for successful alternatives or definitions” in what you say. It’s a place to start!... Or, are you just a “get along”!