Emotions and the Liberal Mindset


     3 Days ago the Congressional judiciary committee met to debate Gun Control.  Gabby Giffords made a brief appearance, speaking before Congress very briefly.  Saying:

“Speaking is difficult, but I must say something important. Violence is a big problem. Too many children are dying. Too many children,” Giffords said.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/gabby-giffords-senate-gun-control-hearing-report-article-1.1251013#ixzz2JlgJKl6k

     Anyone and everyone that has any shred of intelligence knows why Gabby Giffords was invited to speak at the Congressional hearing on Gun Control.  She was there to inject emotion into the process and nothing more.  She offered no real solutions to solve the argument between 2nd Amendment Followers and those that believe that outlawing guns will keep the US Safe.  Never mind that the 3 cities in the US with the highest gun related deaths also have the 3 most strict Gun laws in the US.

     Gabby Giffords was shot by an insane idiot in January 2011, point blank, and miraculously happened to survive.  Six of her staff members and the general public including one young girl did not.  I do not knock nor belittle what happened to her.  I also think she has every right to be emotional about what happened to her and what happened to the 1st Graders in New Town Connecticut.   

      Emotions are natural and a necessary tool in the human Psyche.  Sorrow, Frustration and Anger are all necessary to Human growth and advancement.  Anytime anyone tries to bury, hide or get rid of those emotions it only drives a person insane.


     However emotions Never Ever belong in a political debate.  History shows that emotions in political discourse often leads down a path no one wants to go down and rarely if ever leads to an intelligent and reasoned conclusion. 


     The Holocaust  that killed millions of Jews, gypsies and others in Europe was allowed to grow into what it was based in part on misplaced Emotions.  Broke, hungry and destitute Germans blamed a lot of what occurred to them during and after WWI on the Jews living in Jewish Ghettos in German Cities.  Thus when Hitler came to power and started to arrest and remove Jews from their society few complained.  All because they were thinking with hatred envy jealousy and Greed.   All Emotions.


     The Russian Revolution in 1917 came about in part because of emotion.   Rich Aristocrats decided it was up  to them to save the lives and souls of the Down trodden Russian  Serfs and in doing so thrust those very same Serfs into a nation wide prison lasting 70 years.  All based on Emotions.


    Not all Emotional Decisions kill  millions or destroy nations.  But they can and do affect legislation quite often.  A while back an equal rights group wanted Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn removed from Library shelves because they both mentioned Slavery.  Never mind that they mentioned slavery in a very bad light and were both basically preaching against slavery.


   In the end nothing came of their movement.  Smarter and cooler heads prevailed.  But it was blatantly obvious that they were thinking from emotion and nothing more.


    Again Emotions are great, Emotions are necessary but emotions should not drive discussions around any legislation, especially surrounding discussions around Gun Control and 2nd Amendment rights.  But throwing emotions into discussions surrounding welfare is also not smart but a discussion for another day. 



I truly believe that a discussion is waranted but emotions should  not be apart of this.