{"id":3806,"date":"2016-06-12T21:43:50","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T02:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=3806"},"modified":"2016-06-12T21:43:50","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T02:43:50","slug":"wisdom-from-yestercentury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2016\/06\/12\/wisdom-from-yestercentury\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisdom from Yestercentury"},"content":{"rendered":"

From a press release<\/a> in 2013:<\/p>\n

Today, after President Barack Obama delivered remarks calling on Congress to pass commonsense, comprehensive immigration reform, Congressman Xavier Becerra (CA-34), Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, released the following statement:<\/p>\n

“Congress will pass a commonsense, comprehensive reform of our broken immigration system. The question is not if, but when. When will the House Republican leadership allow a vote for a real fix to our immigration laws? The Senate has already acted — with a bipartisan 68 to 32 vote. When will the House Republican leadership realize this is good for our economy, our security and our families — in short, for our American values?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Or how about this<\/a>?<\/p>\n

To prove that the vast majority of Americans, even if our voices aren\u2019t always the loudest or most extreme, care enough about a little boy like Daniel to come together and take common-sense steps to save lives and protect more of our children.<\/p>\n

Now, I want to be absolutely clear at the start — and I\u2019ve said this over and over again, this also becomes routine, there is a ritual about this whole thing that I have to do — I believe in the Second Amendment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Commonsense<\/em> is the common theme.<\/p>\n

This, I suspect, is a meme being pushed by the left-wing, that there are solutions that are simple, commonsense<\/em> actions we can take to fix X. I would guess that this phraseology is selected because it’s thought to appeal to the conservative segment of our population – a segment that has become hostile towards government and the idea that some problems are so hard to solve they require the government to solve. By connecting solution X to the concept that it’s just common sense, they’re pushing the idea this solution is obvious, and only vile stonewalling by their opponents is stopping these obvious solutions.<\/p>\n

And it’s starting to get under my skin. These little red lights start shining in my eyes every time I see that phrase, and my distrust level is going up. Why? Because national-scale\u00a0problems are rarely that simple. Because they often require in-depth analysis, and I have little faith that either side has indulged in that analysis – or, sometimes, that the expertise to perform that analysis even exists.<\/p>\n

Let’s end my little tirade against semantic propaganda with an appropriate quote from someone I should study more.<\/p>\n

For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. \u00a0–H. L. Mencken<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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