I'm Calling You Out - Pt 1

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 By Grant Davies

 I often say I spend very little time writing or even talking about politics. Obviously some of you find that unbelievable. In today's world it seems that almost everything is political so when I write about concepts and ideas it sure looks like politics.

It's all in how you define politics. Merriam-Webster has it this way:

a : the art or science of government

b : the art or science concerned with guiding or influencing governmental policy

c : the art or science concerned with winning and holding control over a government

There are more subsets of course, but almost all dictionaries talk about government.

The most accurate definition I know of distills it down to something like this; "The aggressive pursuit of power." I'm not sure if I remember where I first heard it, but even given its limitations, I've always bought into it

Because politics is practiced in the office, school, and elsewhere, my own definition is a tad more nuanced. I define it this way, "Politics is the non-violent pursuit of advancement or purpose by means of persuasion." It's a first cousin to the previous one, but either way it's about power of some sort.

By now anyone who is still reading this has a fairly high tolerance for boredom. But the table had to be set for the last definition. It's from Wikipedia and reads in part; "In modern nation-states, people often form political parties to represent their ideas."

Based on that, I'm calling you out. 

This will be a three part post to keep you from falling asleep. I know people need their rest but I don't want to take the place of your favorite sleep-aid. 

I'll begin with Democrats in the next post because I suspect that most of the readers of this blog are usually Republican voters. If I called them out first they might get pissed and "un-blog" me. 

Most Democrat voters never "blogged" me to begin with.