The country of the brave is no more

THERE is no bravery anymore. Our politics is filled with sycophants who, without constitutional convictions, robotically regurgitate scripted monologues across every platform.

- LORENZO A DAVIDS

When interviewed they say “Yes, but ...” and then they go robotic. They bizarrely repeat the nonsense scripted for them. Then they rinse and repeat for the next audience. They have been trained to ignore questions by saying “Well, did you know...” and then they regurgitate their robotic, scripted message. They don’t answer questions.

Author Patric Mallet recently wrote a commentary that said something like “Its no longer about ‘We the people, it's about ‘We the party.” Individual conviction, intelligence, and bravery is longer a requirement for political party membership. Enforced compliance or expulsion are the only choices. Political parties have become echo chambers, where factional beliefs are reinforced and where constitutional truths are either misinterpreted or not pondered at all.

The pursuit of our profound constitutional ideals has become too great a risk for our political parties. Having built their voter base on fears, corruption and perverse ideological obsessions, they can no longer find the exit sign. They have constructed an ideological prison for themselves, with the majority giving assent to their lies, while squirming in their seats.