The Invisible Counterpoint

Sometimes the best arguments come from the most unlikely sources. For example, comedian Louis C.K. delivered the best argument for voting for Hillary Clinton that you will hear from anyone during this election. C.K said, “I think she’s great. It’s not a lesser of two evils thing. I think she’s great. She’s talented and super-smart. I’d take her over anybody else who would do it, and to me, it’s really exciting to have the first mother in the White House. It’s not about the first woman. It’s about the first mom.” The comedian later explained that he supports Clinton because she is battle tested and has taken abuse from her critics for decades, “Hillary Clinton can take abuse. She’s been taking it and taking it. We’ve been holding her down and spitting in her mouth… and she just keeps working.” He later added the country needs a president who can get things done, “I don’t want somebody who is likable or cool and more.” “We need a two-faced, conniving, crazy –– some...

James, the sort of "hyper-adrenalized" state I associate with animal passions(!), is something I associate with those who have experienced the sort of brain development that follows a traumatizing/menancing childhood. Love, empathy (the higher emotions!), I associate with those whose course of brain development was determined by long accompanying loving caregivers. I truly do believe that the marvel of homo sapien sapiens is that their DNA hasn't trapped them so that regardless of phylogenetic development, they remain fundamentally, at the core, brutish (I understand that this isn't quite what you're arguing). Instead, once freed from sadistic threats (something I believe entirely possible), the homo sapien sapiens’ child will become, for all intents and purposes, an entirely loving being. I've read a lot (well, quite a bit) of the neuroscience (though it is
the work of Stanley Greenspan which ripples through my thoughts/
feelings rig...