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Anyone else find it disturbing the inflammatory rhetoric by the right in their descriptions of their enemies or political opponents? Bolton has been described as a traitor. Mueller/Comey have been described the same way plus traitors. And now “the left” is being described as “degenerate.”
This isn’t normal in functioning democracies. Especially in politics. You have to compromise in politics. You aren’t creating an environment for compromise when you’re calling your opponent “traitorous” and “degenerate.” Although, I get that it’ll score big with the most extreme on the right and on Fox News. Extremism gets clicks!
Before the Rwanda genocide, Tutsis were described as “cockroaches” and “snakes” before neighbor turned on neighbor. The first step before any genocide is dehumanizing your opponent. They are no longer a human being, but a degenerate or a pest that deserves to be killed.
I don’t necessarily predict mass genocide Here. But I don’t see democracy functioning when one side is dehumanizing another political party and the majority of citizens in the country.
