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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
There you go again, Andrew. Just as with Brexit, you're taking the other side's viewpoint. A thug is a thug, whether or not misled by Trump. And thugs are ****. Those invading the Capitol were largely **** - there might have been some weak minded individuals who might be described as "running dogs".
I note you didn't pull Mick up who called the Democrats "****".
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It's dehumanising to label any group **** whoever uses the label, be it you or Mick. My previous post said "call anyone" which covers Democrats and Republicans. When you start to dehumanise your opponents, you're on a slippery slope. "Dehumanization is one technique in incitement to genocide.[ It has also been used to justify war, judicial and extrajudicial killing, slavery, the confiscation of property, denial of suffrage and other rights, and to attack enemies or political opponents."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehumanization
I have no issue in describing the armed insurgents as thugs.
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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
I think the democrats are blinded by their hatred for donny, he'll be an open sore for the republican party that they should just allow to fester and rot
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Agreed. They should let the pro and anti Trump factions fight it out whilst they focus on recovering the country.