Etiquette



DP Etiquette

First rule: Don't be a jackass. Most people are good.

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.

Friday, October 31, 2025

NYT editors' democracy update

The NYT editorial board published (not paywalled) a nice summary of 12 authoritarian measures that mark the decline of democracies. Trump and MAGA elites have engaged in all 12 to variable degrees. It's a long article, but interesting to scan through. Each of the 12 dictator tactics has a democracy-O-meter assessment of how bad that anti-democracy tactic is. Nos. 6, 7, 8, 11 and 12 are shown below just for the halibut. As one would expect, it's all pretty scary stuff. But it's accurate.  










My opinion: Slide the red dot to ~60%
of the way toward autocracy
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