(April 18, 2025 at 9:52 am)Belacqua Wrote:(April 18, 2025 at 8:20 am)Alan V Wrote: "Give a dog a bad name and hang it," sounds like authoritarianism to me. Calling it "winning" is just propaganda from my perspective. It begs the question.
I don't understand what this means. I am the one who is opposed to authoritarianism, because I don't think any political authority can be trusted.
I think it's correct to say that too many of the exchanges we see on line are attempts to win. Good faith discussions which attempt to persuade are different.
I was unclear, since I was referring to Trump's rhetorical tricks. He is a demagogue.
Trump tries to evade judicial oversight, due process, and congressional debate, since he really believes he knows best. That is authoritarianism, and it also begs the question because those tactics avoid any real test.
