Joni Fans lean to the left...?
Really? Well, it will be hard for me to make any serious commentary
about that since... just about anything I would say is
self-agrandizement. (fun living on the left being certain I'm right.)
Joni's appeal is that she is very introspective and reflective, which
may appeal across a broad spectrum of political views, but will most
appeal to those who have endured a good deal of introspection and
reflection in their own lives. People who have found themselves 'on the
outside' are more likely to reflect on their position. The 'outside' can
be of many human experiences, being outside of a positive love
relationship, or outside the power brokering of Washington politics.
Perhaps a larger portion of the right never felt the need to question
as much. Also, musically, she has stepped across wide boundaries of
culture and divides. --Not the sort of thing most conservatives I've met
hold in the highest regard. And for all her fluff about women's lib, she
is the model of the type of woman they aspire to. Lots of reasons with
this girl for libs to glam on to her. Not to mention having written an
anthem to the hippie movement...
As for rhetoric of the right being 'evil.' I respect conservative
politics and in many ways my own views are very conservative. (I would
hire out to pull switches at Federal Pens, for example...) My good buddy
Mark (who bears an uncanny resemblence to Bob Muller btw...!) is a
die-hard conservative. We never see anything the same way but we both
respect the other's position. Great guy, great stance in life. But there
is a great deal of what is going on with the Republican party and it's
leaders that is VERY evil to me. When people pass legislation to limit
rights, constrain benefits, deny constitution protections and access to
goverment processes, and to do these things WILLFULLY, well... to me
that is evil in its purest form. They do harm to the quality and well
being of other people's lives. As an example, the lack of effort and the
intense homophobic bias shown by the Reagan and Bush adminitrations
during the AIDS crisis is nothing short of evil. People suffered
needlessly and died because of their bias. The 'company' Al Gore has
kept for the last 8 years pales in comparison to the company Bush
embraces. His politcal friends have nothing but the lowest contempt for
the value and lives of gay people.
I'd rather vote for neither, but given the choice of putting my rights,
my benefits, my representation in government in the hands of someone I
can't trust (Clinton/Gore) or putting my rights in the hands of someone
I can absolutely trust WILL NEVER RESPECT THEM, well... the choice is
easy.
