Democrats think Republicans are hate-filled, racist, xenophobic nazis. They want to control everyone’s life, and force them to conform to the dictates of a theocratic, patriarchal prison state. Think this is an over-statement? Spend twenty minutes watching CNN, another twenty minutes on Twitter and yet another twenty minutes watching any one of the late night “comedians”. This assessment of half America’s population strikes Republicans as odd, since all they want is to be left alone to raise their families in accordance with the Judeo-Christian values that built Western Civilization; keep the money they earned through their own honest labor; and defend the freedom of everyone to speak their minds, without fear of reprisal from an angry woke mob.

Republicans think Democrats are mindless automatons, motivated primarily by envy, greed, racism, self-loathing and hate. They want to control everyone’s life by establishing an Orwellian, all-powerful state that eradicates the dignity of the individual, feeds off the hatred of the lazy to punish the success of the industrious, and forces everyone to conform to the norms of an intellectually vacuous, soul crushing, totalitarian kakistocracy. Think this is an overstatement, spend twenty minutes listening to one of the Daily Wire podcasts, another twenty minutes on Gab and yet another twenty minutes watching OANN. This assessment of half America’s population strikes Democrats as odd, since all they want is to have everyone feel comfortable, warm, fed and good about themselves; have their life choices affirmed as equal in prudence and virtue to everyone else’s; and make sure no one suffers emotional harm from the judgement or ill will of others.

Face reality: both Republicans and Democrats are thoroughly convinced that the other side is evil. The dirty little secret is that on this point, (if on no other) both Republicans and Democrats are correct. Continue reading “Think your opponents are evil? Yes, they are (and so are you).” →