It seems like a long time ago growing up in a small town there was only one political party and it was the Republican party. My father, mayor, voted always Republican and the conservative community remained "stuck." I have often used the word stuck to describe the party affiliations of so many in this community and further observe the fear that comes into print when a new topic is somehow brought from under a shroud for people to see.
I can use the term homosexuality to begin, but it is hardly what the concept of stuck means . Here's another one, marriage between those of the same sex or this one, bingo, or this one, grocery stores open on Sundays. There is a fear among those that subscribe to this party and I use the word sparingly because it can imply other meanings.
Fear is one of the aspects of stuck that keeps the American people and its leaders from brave and often revolutionary things. Why once the idea of Sunday shopping became the norm the world did not end. I think fear of the unknown controls the best of all of us and not embracing change keeps us stuck in the past moving ever so slowly forward. The younger folk, bless them all, push us older folk to consider what we would call radical thinking and movements and we resist.
Coal is another example of stuck. The disliked senator from Kentucky, Mitch McConnell, is using coal as a leverage point for the votes of the people of Kentucky when burning coal afflicts so many thousands of people adversely and is a very poor alternative to heat and cool our homes. The outcry from the coal people and the fear of nuclear, of wind farms, of solar, go unmeasured and untried until we are dragged kicking and screaming into the change mode.
Us voter, poor souls, vote for people that do not serve us but instead serve only the money interests of those big contributors. When time would you like your wake up call?
Robert Brooks