(November 5, 2018 at 12:29 pm)Losty Wrote: Treating other people like shit isn’t necessary no matter if you think their side started it or not.
Losty, I know you have good intent, and that is great. But sorry, there are points in human history while one would strive to civil discourse, currently in American politics, we are beyond that.
We had politicians in the past defending slavery. We had politicians in the past justifying the genocide of Native Americans. We had politicians defending segregation. We had politicians defending Japanese prison camps. And world wide we can see even today, where propaganda, vilification of outsiders leads, like North Korea and theocracies like Saudi Arabia and Iran.
No sorry Losty, as long as the orange bully is in office, and as long as he repeats his vile rhetoric of political scapegoating and sell of hate and otherism, not only will I be blunt with him, but his supporters too.
Instead of getting angry at those standing up to the bully, it would be wiser to get angry at the bully, and at those who support the bully.
My mom was a lifetime mostly voting republican. She put me through college and bought me a house. But even she had had enough of that party when he started his run because of his dangerous vile rhetoric. Her roommate at the nursing home was a survivor of Warsaw Poland. Care to ask me what that survivor thought of Trump?
Civility starts with the leadership, and right now he is not acting like a diplomat, but a authoritarian bully. Nothing good can come from his rhetoric, and to ignore it or pretend civility to his rhetoric will win the day is naive. Sometimes history is ugly when fighting attempts to destroy pluralism. I am sure it makes you uncomfortable, but no, to do nothing and say nothing and to not be blunt to him at this point is not an option.
