schisms might be a better metaphor than civil war. you are correct that there is, and always has been, "churn" among factions within both parties and any significance given to a particular instance of that churn e.g GOPS taking committee assignments away from a flake or the Nevada state party instance — originate in the mind of the one pointing at the event rather than intrinsic to the event itself. One reason that I find most political headlines to be examples of wishful thinking rather than communicators of significance.
davew On Tue, Mar 9, 2021, at 12:54 PM, uǝlƃ ↙↙↙ wrote: > And, before we label those who do resign as having done so in some sort > of triggered state, it's useful to fuzzify or smear "commitment" to > some role. E.g. > > https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/mar/09/ofcom-investigating-gmb-piers-morgan-comments-harry-meghan-sussexes > > Did they storm off in a huff because their commitment to that cause was > really pretty thin to begin with? Or was this a significant thing for > them to do? Resigning your position on the Titanic wouldn't be that > difficult a decision to make. > > So, calling such disagreements "civil war" seems hyperbolic, a simple > symptom of artificial partisanship. I think of the noise in the Rs and > Ds as minor shifts along the steady churn. Anyone who takes themselves, > or their own biases, that seriously needs to take a beat and think a > little harder. > > On 3/9/21 11:36 AM, Tom Johnson wrote: > > One might ask, how many people are the "entire staff"? > > > > On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 12:29 PM Prof David West <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > This is not a polemic nor a rant, just an observation. > > > > Lot's of headlines about rupture and conflict in Republican party: > > Trumpists versus everone else. But almost a many stories, not headlined, > > about similar in Democratic party, e.g. 'entire staff of Nevada's > > Democratic party resigned because Sanders/AOC aligned slate won elective > > positions like Chairperson." > > > > These might be more grounded instances of "civil war" (metaphor) than > > the one supposedly exemplified by the storming of the Capitol. > > > -- > ↙↙↙ uǝlƃ > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/
