Election effects or my imagination...

[Andra_Jenny]

In the last couple of days, I atttended an annual meeting and election. These meetings are always contentious and bitter with everybody ranting about something or someone. This year, the meeting was surreal, calm, quite, and dignified. One person became outraged and everybody turned, not on the person, but to console and mollify said person. The election which was undertooken was met with one voice loudly inquiring about fraud, but when the thunder fell upon the crowd and aroused none of the usual, sympathetic clamoring, the instigator slowly drifted off, and eventually sat down, almost ashamedly.

So I ask, have recent events shocked us so much that we are retreating to civility and taking up a new tone. What have you observed?

 

[Gingersnap]

Apathy is what I have observed. The decline in spirit to the point that people no longer protest because it does no good. Perhaps a better word is resignation. Interesting that the person to voice a different opinion is usually labeled as strident and whining. Sometimes it is true but often just the very fact that someone differs is enough to make them sound shrill to the majority. Just my humble opinion.

 

[Andra_Jenny]

Hmmm...

The meeting had a very big turnout and the number of people voting was up. That does not sound apathetic, but an apathy towards debate? Maybe we shot our wad so to speak for the year? I tended to think that, hey, people realize that voting and Democracy are important. Many brought their children to , "learn how democracy works."

But, you may be right, it is a good point to consider.