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In reply to the discussion: 'Pizzagate' gunman fatally shot by police outside Charlotte in traffic stop [View all]Cirsium
(3,949 posts)We should not be treating these people like they are something other than what they clearly are. Absolutely. We need to be accurately describing them.
I am not saying to go easier on them. Go harder on them. "Vermin" and "animals" is weak, not strong.
"I for one am tired of being politically correct?" Another right wing concept. I you object to MAGA people calling immigrants "vermin," that is exactly how they respond - they are "tired of being politically correct."
I am not saying "don't be like them" and I agree that it is nonsense. I am saying don't give their concepts credibility and legitimacy. THAT is a big reason we are in this mess IMHO. Right wing concepts have slipped into the thinking and rhetoric of the opponents of the right wing i all sorts of subtle ways. That is dangerous because it aids and abets the fascist agenda.