07-03-2024, 02:33 PM
(07-03-2024, 12:24 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Of course you can overuse it. Bush just used it to describe AIPAC. Apparently for the Dems anything that doesn't work in their favor is "a threat to democracy."
OK. You might call it a distinction without a difference maybe, but this imho is not so much an example of overusing it as it is an example of just misusing it for unrelated topics. Which, of course, is counterproductive, I don't deny that. I don't know about the quote at hand, but I don't really have to, I know full well that democrats (not just them) are quite masterful in doing that, eg. throwing racial questions into everything and then some, examples are plenty.
But the conclusion from that imho can not be that just because democratic politicians overused the racism accusation now means the topic of racism itself is diminished or miniscule for real. And in the same sense, I feel how many democrats did how much mis (or over-)using the 'threat to democracy' aspect now means there is no real actual threat to democracy. Imho, there clearly is, a coup attempt can't be anything but, and I would caution to take the eyes from the ball because Mrs. Bush and others tried to make political hay out of it. Critizism to her and all others that do so, but in the end it really is not about them. They don't deserve to be in this debate.
(07-03-2024, 12:24 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Of course it was a coup attempt, a very poorly planned and executed coup plan but one nonetheless.
Well, I don't mean it in a snarky way when I say tell that to Mike, who said it cearly is not that. It was my main intention for posting, you just crossed my path :)
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