but I’m not going to say it here and now. My thoughts have been turning on the implications of what this defeat means, both positive and negative. More importantly, on what has been revealed about the tasks facing the progressive movement. Also, kvetching about how I got it so very very wrong.
I, among many others, have been saying that the US is in a culture war for the last two years. The battle lines have just been crystallized. There are two Americas. There is a massive gulf between them. One has a relatively slight population advantage. Both are entrenched and deeply convinced of the rightness of their position.
This is the beginning of something, not the end of it.
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Cal and I went to see a movie tonight. “Bride and Prejudice” was silly and fun with just enough sting to be a legitimate P&P adaptation. It was very entertaining watching Shortie alumni Martin Henderson doing his best to smoulder as Will Darcy.
I still haven’t seen Aliens Vs Predator. Anyone who knows my history with Those Movies will recognise this as the achievement that it is. Still, I’m clearly going to lose my will to resist in the next week or so.
Everyone in Edinburgh was chatty and talkative; I had conversations with four strangers. I didn’t overhear a single conversation that wasn’t about that subject.
Strange times.