Reply To: In Case of Emergency- What if this Tag-Team Actually Wins ?

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Hey! Toby: 

Do you see what you can contribute here….opinion of the political genre that has some legitimacy and timeliness to it. That is if dare to “cross that line” of treacherous civil discourse. God forbid, we as individual representatives of our profession, boldly profess our viewpoints about how the ship of state will be steered in the next four years by whomever is at the helm. Or how that chosen direction/misdirection will directly or indirectly have some tangible effect on the meaningful work we purport to do ..

The penetrating insight of the prolific lyrics of one Don Henley, from the song “Inside Job” come to mind here 

Insect politics
Indifferent universe
Bang your head against the wall
But apathy is worse

As I have made it known here and elsewhere, we have nobody to blame but ourselves and the collective profession we make up when we remain too timid, shy and fearful of expressing opinion on subject areas where well-reasoned and civil opinion  ( I have had my own lapses here in that regard)really do matter. Yes this is one of the forums where that should appear.