Those Who Mind Do Matter

I  just read how my opinion  on the George Browning House made Christopher cringe and infuriated him more than any other..

I have to correct a statement I made .I said the house the town demolished to make way for the library was a Browning house. That may be an error of memory. It was a dark and sombre house with little elegance.  I do not  regret  it's disappearance.There were other, more interesting houses on Church Street but not a whisper of an outcry.

I'm not concerned that I  infuriated  Christopher or made hm cringe  because our views differ..

Je n'accuse pas.

He has his opinion. I have mine, the twain do not meet.

What's to be done? What's to be done?

Nothing at all. Why should anything need to be done.? We do not agree. Like it or lump it.

I had a vote. Christopher did not. Christopher declares he has no inclination towards politics.

You can rail all you like but if you're not prepared to  take responsibility, you are hardly in a position to criticize those who do  and risk offending  fiery and articulate people like Christopher.

As a politician, I am prepared to be myself but I do not  accept Doctor Seuss's philosophy that  those who mind don't matter. They most certainly do.
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I've been doing it a long time .I have scars to prove it.  I've taken the heat. I've stayed in the kitchen.

I don't run for office to be told what to think by someone  half my age and  none of my experience, who has the luxury of contemplating only one aspect of a particular decision and doesn't even recognize pandering when he himself  is the object.