New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo spoke on day one of the Democrat National Convention, using a rhetorical device of comparing the COVID-19 pandemic to the political ills of the nation, drawing the ire of those on the left and right.
“We went through hell, but we have learned much. We know that our problems go beyond the COVID virus. COVID is the symptom, not the illness. Our nation is in crisis. And in many ways, COVID is just a metaphor. A virus attacks when the body is weak and when it cannot defend itself. Over these past few years, America’s body politic has been weakened. The divisions have been growing deeper,” Cuomo said in a pre-recorded speech to the convention.
Critics point out that it is the Democrat Party that has created divisions by accusing President Trump of “treason” and referring to his supporters as “racists” and “deplorables.”
In what some consider a paradox, after stating that divisions weaken the nation, Cuomo attacked Trump supporters with a flurry of slurs about racism and xenophobia followed by his view of how Trump was elected:
“Donald Trump didn’t create the initial division. The division created Trump. He only made it worse.”-- excerpt, rest at link above --
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
I wonder if those whose loved ones died alone of a preventable disease with no family there consider this "just a metaphor".
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
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