Strega wrote:
kakistocracy

That’s a great word, I’ve never heard it before.

@simon

”Extremists care about the one cause more than human welfare.”

I really like this point. It makes so much sense for today’s white river rafting kakistocracy.

jakelafort wrote:
“Pediatrician fired for vile post suggesting Texas flood victims were Trump supporters who got what they voted for. New York Post” In the comments the following appears. “Leftists, liberals and Democrats need to be rounded up and put into concentration camps for treason.”

Those are dreadful things for anyone to say, and extremi…[Read more]

“Pediatrician fired for vile post suggesting Texas flood victims were Trump supporters who got what they voted for. New York Post”

In the comments the following appears.

“Leftists, liberals and Democrats need to be rounded up and put into concentration camps for treason.”

Moving right along singing a song it won’t be long till Murica aint…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
If you were socked in a snow storm and without a shovel would a Maga-head be less likely than a lefty moron to help you dig out your car?

Yes, I guess I’m talking about the administration.  The actual Trump supporters I know personally are all very nice.

Are lefties different, or just as deluded?  I think they’re subject to a l…[Read more]

Simon,

Are you othering Maga-heads? Do you differentiate the far right from far left in those terms? Your terms that follow. If you were socked in a snow storm and without a shovel would a Maga-head be less likely than a lefty moron to help you dig out your car? Are lefties smarter than Magas? Do there political affiliations or ideologies…[Read more]

Yes, values.

Far right values authoritarianism and in murIcA the value of lionizing our fearless cult hero. There and then to encourage a cozy fascist and Christian nation. Democracy was apparently only a brief experiment and was never fully achieved. Immigrants who are for most part peaceful and escaping terror and deprivation are villified.…[Read more]