Many Americans concerned about the fate of our country are asking themselves why the election polls seem so close. The Chinese have a piece of wisdom that suggests an answer: To restore civil sanity and order it is first necessary to call things by their right names. Whether out of politeness or cowardice, Republicans are lame at this. As many of us have pointed out too many times to no avail, Democrats reflexively call conservatives racists, white supremacists and Hitlerites, while Republicans respond by calling them “liberals.” What is liberal about attacking, undermining, and seeking to abolish the First Amendment? Or interfering with presidential elections by mobilizing a corrupt judiciary to take the leading Republican out of the race? Or calling for government censorship of social media platforms, or privileging certain races over others?
In the current presidential campaign, Democrats in the media seek to distract voters from the conditions Democrats have inflicted on them by defaming Trump as “an existential threat to democracy.” Republicans respond by referring to the fact that Democrats have “weaponized” the Justice Department. Even if a voter understands that “weaponize” does not mean providing the FBI and federal police agencies with weapons, it sorely lacks the emotional charge of Hitlerism – although that is exactly what it means. If justice is not blind but becomes a partisan force to criminalize political opponents like Trump then the logical goal of weaponizing justice is a one-party dictatorship and a totalitarian state. Or, as Hillary has put it, without government censorship of the media “we will lose total control.”
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