10-02-2016, 11:31 PM
(10-02-2016, 05:15 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:(10-02-2016, 03:03 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: People holding the other side in complete contempt? Think of how nasty the debate was on slavery. Abolitionists: It's abominable. Slave-owners: the (word probably now abusive) need our firm guidance just to survive.
When even one side says that the other side belongs in prison, we have a big problem -- especially of the side scheduled for show trials and severe punishment has done nothing wrong. When part of the political spectrum says that dissidents are next to criminals, we have a problem.
For someone taking extreme positions and showing contempt for human rights, Donald Trump is doing very well in the polls -- or at least has been doing so.
Pretty sure it's Clinton who is calling the people on the other side "deplorables".
Yes, she called people deplorable -- for advocating, endorsing, condoning, or facilitating political violence, something new to America outside of the political mainstream. The lunatic fringe has returned to America, and it has taken over one of the main political parties.
Much that Donald Trump has said is disgusting. This is someone whose ideal woman has an image consistent with the Playboy philosophy. He has called to attention the size of his genitals. Do you think this good, Christian speech? This is a man who has declared that a judge could not decide a legal issue because he is a Mexican-American.
Tough!
Evil is to be shunned.
A hint: it isn;t good atheist or agnostic speech, either.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.