On Tue, Aug 6, 2024 at 10:12 AM Terren Suydam <[email protected]> wrote:
> *> Wow. Vance lends a supportive blurb to a book that says that democracy > is a failure and needs to be replaced by an authoritarian regime. This is > nakedly un-American. I can't believe anyone who isn't an extremist can > support that. But extremism is mainstream on the right now, and this blurb > is an example of how those on the right are no longer paying any price for > saying the quiet things out loud, and the overton window for this kind of > talk is continuing to shift.* > *And as evidence for how little truth means on the right, a common refrain > at Trump rallies is that voting to keep the left in power will spell the > end of democracy. They are in the business of saying whatever people want > to hear and planting ideas that spread hatred and division, in order to > attain and stay in power. That exists on the extreme left too, but again, > it's not mainstream.* > I agree with every word you wrote, however you criticize Trump so you should prepare yourself for a furious attack by Will Steinberg directed at you; at least that has been my experience whenever I implied that Trump was somewhat less than perfect. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv3d_NYKXnGtYt%3DTVNHnj45PVSsmjTzHnc7YAZfay%3Djhig%40mail.gmail.com.
