V.P. Kamala Harris is the embodiment of this vain combination — trying to appear wise and perceptive within a context of personal limitations that are quite extreme. She is being quoted online as saying, “Today is today and yesterday was today yesterday. Tomorrow will be today tomorrow.” This seems amazingly consistent with the Eliot quote, where drivel tries to pass itself off as profound by including Michelangelo’s name. In this quote, she is attempting to project a profound paradox as being at the heart of a simple premise.
The Democrat Party Platform reflects this same mindset of trying to sound down-to-earth and normal yet at the same time taking a giant step on behalf of "The people" of the USA. This desire to sound normal and elevated - operating at the same time from a higher plane - is the essence of the cocktail party mentality.
What is a "Fair shot?" A fair shot at President Trump? A fair shot at finishing high school? At finding employment? What does this vague term even mean? Years ago, when I was teaching at a high school marked by truancy, urban blight, and a commitment to learning close to zero, a mother came to see me at the end of one term to ask if her daughter could do some assignment that would lead her to pass.
It's like someone referring to Michelangelo at a cocktail party who has not heard of the Pietà or the Sistine Chapel.
Cocktail parties not only include conversations where superficialities are peppered with attempts at sounding knowledgeable or sophisticated, but also are notoriously filled with lies meant to impress the other guests.
With only a few words, T.S. Eliot made us aware of how superficiality and an attempt to appear knowledgeable often are found together at cocktail parties.
The Democrat party Platform reveals the same mindset and goes one step further into the realm of outright lies.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/09/the_democrat_party_s_false_words.html
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