(August 11, 2018 at 10:54 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(August 11, 2018 at 9:35 am)Brian37 Wrote: Oh and as far as the title of the thread, making an observation that is apt knowing his vile behavior of scapegoating and vilification is is not "derogatory", it is an observation, and the bully deserves to be called a bully.
It can be both. 'Derogatory' tends to denote tone more than it does content. If two people make the same observation, but one of them does so disrespectfully, that one is derogatory. For example:
A: 'Donald Trump has made some major mistakes thus far in his presidency.'
B: 'Donald Trump has made some major mistakes thus far in his presidency, chiefly because he is emotionally a 6 year old child and has all the intellectual and social acumen of a moldy Mars bar.'
B is derogatory, A is not.
Boru
No, the use of that word allows the bad guys to falsely play victim.
Calling someone evil who is is deserving, if you call that language "derogatory" you undermine the ability to prevent that evil from growing.
If we were talking about sane reasonable people you'd have a better case. But this to me is no different than saying "you have the right to your opinion" about the word "theory" in calling it a mere guess. The unreasonable will use the word "derogatory" and falsely play victim.
The only one being "derogatory" is Trump, calling him a bully is what sane and empathetic people should call him.
To not do so is to give a bullhorn to the evil ideologies that support him.
