Keeping the Faith

Do you like top Democrats saying Republicans are people “who cling to their guns, their religion,” “deplorables. . . irredeemables,” “white supremisists, racists” and now, “(semi) Fascists”? To Democrat leaders, there may still be two parties, but only one is legitimate. Fascism's Look? Philadelphia's Independence Hall and Moscow's Kremlin In today’s social media world, platforms like Twitter “facilitate massive collective punishment for small or imagined offenses, with real-world consequences, including innocent people losing their jobs and being shamed into suicide ." This from the liberal Jonathan Haidt, who adds today’s punishment that feels right is “not execution; it is public shaming and social death.” How did we get here? We are in a place, as said earlier , where indignation is more powerful than gratitude . This because To acknowledge that gratitude is proper is to acknowledge that there are others great...