I'm watching the right breach all manner of rhetoric guardrails with eagerness and impunity.
Deceit.
Projection.
Overreaction.
Paranoia.
I find it reprehensible. So for me to engage in the same tactics would make me a hypocrite.
This is why I want language I use to be measured, mindful and accurate.
But I'm concerned that this quest for accuracy and balance moves too slow for populism.
@sumpnlikefaith sometimes you have to fight fire with fire.
It’s the only language the populace of least common denominators understands.
@JKxZ Sadly, I think the world is burning enough already as it is.
What do we win if we win by engaging in the same tactics? Nothing meaningful -- the tactics win because we had to sacrifice our nature to adopt them.
To me this is a matter of gain the whole world, and lose your soul.
@sumpnlikefaith the problem is the tactic appeals to the widest population.
You can’t win over a society or change cultural unless it is willing to change.
They want blood. They expect blood. They will only be satisfied with blood.
I can preach at a wall all day, but that’s not going to change the fact that it is a wall. It isn’t going to convert to being a window because you asked nice.