My list of terms earlier in this thread was trying to show how a phrase like Liberal Media or liberal media is usually (in the USA anyhow) intended to make a negative and completely dismissing point about "those people". Similarly, liberal is used, often by R. Limbaugh, to utter s curse of sorts that manages to make a negative value judgment about ALL persons left of center and ALL of their points of view. (To me, that is demonizing). In many circles, saying something is politically incorrect is enough to cause at least laughter and, at most, a complete dismissal of everything a person might say or stand for.

And the word fascist is similarly used in liberal society to denegrate those we dislike.

Accepting that a single word "says it all" about those we may not agree with, is causing the polarization of these times. It made the climate that allowed impeaching a U.S. president for daring to get a blow job & then daring to say say that it hadn't happened.

The only really amazing part to me is the 50-50 percentage split in the vote tally. Statistically, it was bound to possibly happen of course. But my wife's religion is always predicting when the world will end. I am fond of telling them that, "Yes, keep trying. You're bound to get it right one of these days."

And then I add, "But with my last breath I will never feel it was an anything but dumb luck !"

Love,

Art Thieme