Nasty Attitudes Don't Help Political Parties
Feb 20, 2020 13:08:31 GMT -5
Post by Radrook Admin on Feb 20, 2020 13:08:31 GMT -5
Nasty Attitudes Don't Help Political Parties
Excuse me, but I find it amazing on how people who are supposedly adults and brag about being right in issues that deeply affect our environment and our status as a nation, can only seem to spout hatred and insults while leaving the issues completely unadressed. Instead of logical counterarguments, all they do is hurl barrages of insults using words such as slut, whore, moron, imbecile, retard, all interlaced with the F word, and all deployed with the intention to humiliate. For some reason, it seems as if extreme nastiness is considered a virtue that is advantageous to their political cause.
Not accusing members of only one party, both the Democrats and the Republicans have their nasty people who believe that the more cruel and despicable the insults they can deliver, the more harm they do to an opponent’s argument.
I am not saying that all bantering and jabbing should necessarily be curtailed. However, a line should be drawn as to how far we go in our attacks on a person simply because that person differs from us in a political opinion. True, common sense and decency should be the only guide needed. As the Bible tells us, do unto others as we would have them do unto us. But it seems that either the ones who are nasty consider it drivel, or else they don’t consider it politically expedient and so ignore the principle put forth by Christ.
Who is most nasty?
Now, I am familiar with both sides of the issue, since I read comments from members of both parties. Based on that familiarity, I can say with confidence, that the comments made by members of the Republican Party are the most cruel and indecent I have yet to encounter.
Examples? One member gloated over cancer that had struck a Democratic Congressional member's father dead. Another viciously referred to the member as an "It" in order to dehumanize.
Others who are obviously driven by intense hatred, blatantly and presumptuously demand that Latinos leave the USA simply because they have Latino ethnic pride.
Indifference to value of Human Life
Meanwhile the urgent social and environmental issues at stake are totally ignored or brushed aside since the infantile vile remarks, leave them totally unaffected. It’s similar to having a wall to demolish but swatting at air instead of aiming at the target.
Such an attitude tends to indicate that those doing the mindless swatting don’t really know what they are disagreeing with, and so they prefer to ad hominem or insult the person because it is easier and doesn’t really require any thinking.
Does such behavior help a political party’s image. Not by a long shot. Instead, such antics indicates an irrational cruel mind set that will swerve many a decent person into the Democratic fold in order to avoid picking up such devilish bad habits