(01-15-2021 12:29 AM)bullet Wrote: Can't they do a Wuhan quarantine to keep them in New York and California and Chicago?
I know you are kidding. You are one of the more level-headed posters on this forum. But this “kidding” comment is very much reflective of the article, and of many of the post-election commenters.
If the author’s point is only that conservatives need to guard against complacency, then it is a sensible argument. Too many assumed that the promises of a “landslide” would overcome any election fraud concerns. Trump went on to singlehandedly blow his re-election, and conservatives are now stuck with an unwinnable hand on likely-but-unprovable claims of vote fraud. Republicans and conservatives (and, yes, I realize those are not the same) need to guard against this complacency - - particularly in the coming 4 years.
But if the point of the article is that conservatives need to shutdown dissenting voices, then America really is lost. It is the progressive movement that stands for censorship. Its arguments cannot hold up under the glare of basic logic, so they attack the speaker. Conservative voices need to point this out relentlessly. It means effort. But it also means that conservatives should stop fighting a battle on the Trump playground.
From the article:
Quote:Astonishingly, the owner of the methadone clinic is one of the biggest supporters of the Democratic activist who was recently elected to the city council.”
So what? I am sure that there are plenty of valid arguments against hosting a methadone clinic in a small community. But if your focus is not on the clinic but rather on the fact that the owner holds disagreeable political beliefs, then you are debating on a progressive level.
That’s Trump-like thinking. And it is a losing approach.