Jerk is a word that shows contempt.
We don’t talk with jerks, we ridicule them,
push them away, and call them names.
So when I read an article online about an
elector on his state’s electoral college who
had resigned his position as an elector,
and noticed someone had written “jerk” above it,
I scratched my head. How does resigning
one’s position as an elector made him a jerk?
Have we reached the point in our country that
when we disagree with someone we call them names?
When I posed that question, I was told that I am
one of those “liberals” who doesn’t understand
what a lot of people are going through these days
because if I did, I would know why the former elector
is a jerk. The conversation went rapidly downhill,
and I bid him goodbye, and left.
Sad, isn’t it, when dialogue fails to happen,
we end up fighting with each other,
and problems get worse.
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What do you think about this? Comments are appreciated.
Musings by George Polley 
It seems our society has lost the ability to disagree amicably. We would rather destroy than understand.
Sad to say, I believe you’re right, yet we must learn to understand, especially when we have loved ones who could be the victims. I have 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild, and i don’t wish to see them victimized by our blindness. As the old saying goes, “We live in interesting times.”