Where Competence truly doesn’t matter

Posted by Bruce - in Blog, Philosophy - No Comments

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In most professions competence is key, whether it be in the business world where numbers tell the whole story or in the professional sports world where stats determine your pay raise but in one profession your failures don’t add up.  It is a profession where your supporters will find every excuse for you failure including blaming the other team, the weather, bad luck, and even the tooth fairy if necessary in order to keep you safe from your critics. Those who are criticize your performance will be labeled by the supporters so that there criticism can be blunted in the public eye. A few names you might be familiar with include racist, homophobic, socialist, communist, right wing nut, religious fanatic, all to avoid a clear discussion of the facts.  

If you haven’t guessed it yet it’s our own Public Servant who is supposed to work for all the citizens whether they voted for them or not. This servant isn’t expected to agree on the differing positions but must be respectful of them. They should not directly or indirectly harass those with differing views but actively engage those with differing views in a respectful way that showcases how we all should act toward each other. Finally these public servants should be the first to step forward when an error is made with humility and seek to correct before it hurts others.  I understand to many that this appears to be a pipe dream but I found a dollar under my pillow last night. 

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