In line for late lunch:

Time spent with Tea Party enthusiasts around and among whom I was raised & careful/lazy monitoring of discussion around the Giffords tragedy reminds me that the scariest part of Members Of Radical Minority “Fringe” Groups With Too Much Popular Heartland Appeal is their genuine believe the things they say and feel. I also attempt to genuinely believe the things I say and feel. I am unable to understand their arguments and feel stomach-clenching revulsion when presented with their ideology/rhetoric.

Problem of discourse among folks all earnestly and honestly convinced of own moral Rightness. Able to dispute others’ morality-based arguments with points rooted, ultimately, in own moral sense?

1. Is this related to the idea that any two people will be ultimately unable to connect / relate / understand one another?

2. Ought we just press nuke and get it over with? Kneejerk reaction is “of course not.” Why am I so completely and subconciously convinced that this is salvageable?

Also, What is the relationship between my infrequent ability to think clearly & the occurence of said ability to think clearly and without distraction only when I’m hungry? What is relationship between my being hungry & propensity to become depressed or otherwise misanthropic?

Sub-: Why also the personal kneejerk reaction when considering violent rhetoric / violent action against those parties who would otherwise perpetuate a cycle of “ignorance” or “violence,” given:
– argument that a “good” thing by virtue of its existence is a place where a “bad” thing is unable to exist. Comparison to flashlight shone down dark tunnel; light is where dark is unable to exist. Opposite is also true.
– Existence of “bad, harmful” party (parties) guarantees that “bad, harmful” things will continue to happen.
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– Moral conviction against violence/active effort to eliminate “bad, harmful” things from “good” party guarantees the “good” party’s (parties’) failure/extinction

Vague stirrings regarding  drawing a parallel with idea of “entropy” which I do not understand beyond surface-level tenth-grade explanation.

It would be appropriate to describe this avocado sandwich as “savory.”