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Originally Posted by dobbles
I'm with you on this. But I guess I'm just a moron too.
Corsi, it really reads like you 'both sides'-d the argument. And I think its fair to ask for counter examples.
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Good God. Fine.
In post 18127, FlameOn noted that far right politicians campaign on fear. In response, I said, that it's not just right wingers that do it, and even the democrats are campaigning on fear (i.e., fear that there will be a national abortion ban or that democratic freedoms and voting rights will be eroded or removed). It's just that in this particular case, they're right to promote those fears. In MOST elections - that is, not ones that involve a candidate who actively cozies up to dictators while selling out to people who write documents like Project 2025 - the people campaigning based on fear will still say the fears they're exploiting are justified warnings, such that it's really just a matter of perspective whether someone is stoking fear or "pointing out a real danger".
Everyone always thinks their side is "pointing out a real danger". In 2012, people suggested Romney wanted to turn the USA into a theocracy - that was a talking point. That was not a real danger. The McCain campaign suggested that Obama would turn the IRS into a massive wealth re-distribution agency. That was not a real danger. Usually, the "you should be afraid of what the other guys will do" arguments are over the top and not real.
This time they're real. Trump really will do this stuff, or more accurately, will allow it to happen.
Hopefully that helps.