Etiquette



DP Etiquette

First rule: Don't be a jackass.

Other rules: Do not attack or insult people you disagree with. Engage with facts, logic and beliefs. Out of respect for others, please provide some sources for the facts and truths you rely on if you are asked for that. If emotion is getting out of hand, get it back in hand. To limit dehumanizing people, don't call people or whole groups of people disrespectful names, e.g., stupid, dumb or liar. Insulting people is counterproductive to rational discussion. Insult makes people angry and defensive. All points of view are welcome, right, center, left and elsewhere. Just disagree, but don't be belligerent or reject inconvenient facts, truths or defensible reasoning.

Monday, January 18, 2021

The Radical Right GOP Legacy

We will be left with many things as the legacy of the last four years of radical right politics. Here are some of them. Presumably, these aren't lessons that the left are going to accept or start practicing the way the radical right GOP has. 



A legacy of normalized lying


Normalized acceptance of death and incompetence



A legacy of normalized waste and blatant hypocrisy


Normalized extremism, distrust, hate and bigotry




Normalized rejection of facts and acceptance of crackpot conspiracies


Normalized acceptance of liars, felons and traitors in government


Normalized subversion of the rule of law


Normalized corruption and nepotism



Normalized acceptance of conflicts of interest


Destruction of impeachment as a tool to protect America
from a corrupt, incompetent or treasonous president








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