Via TPMDC: “Finally, we’re making progress here.”
Witness an effective display of what a reality-based community looks like: professional gadfly Chris Matthews chides a demagogue into admitting there is only one reality.
We are entitled to different opinions, but not different facts.
In the case of Obama’s birthplace (Hawaii), those who have chosen to “resist” this fact are as childish as those who resist the fact that the U.S. landed on the moon. Both camps have rallied around a selfish view of the world – a world run by vast conspiracies invisible to all but them.
It’s interesting how a native son of Hawaii and an assimilated Alaskan are among the chief political protagonists of our time. Both Hawaii and Alaska are far-away, exotic, exciting. Both are currently celebrating their 50th anniversaries as states.
Perhaps, the tantrum-throwers will next question whether Hawaii really is in the United States. Or Alaska. Or Texas. (The latter two already have prominent secessionist movements.) I am reminded of children who have not yet learned that reality is not a choice:
[These] children may misconstrue ‘see’ as mutual engagement. If so, when covering their eyes they are really attempting to avoid engagement with others.
Exactly.