Kill the Messenger - this time the LA Times

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Originally Posted by richlevy

You should qualify that by stating that TW is railing at the current crop of Republicans and not Republicans in general.

A distinction, perhaps, but a mighty small difference, especially in that both he and they exist in this moment. Consider that his sole approach to Republicans is intemperate. You won't catch me making that mistake.

I, as a Democrat for example, can criticize the Democratic party for failing to address racism and segregation until after 1960 without being anti-Democrat, since I am referring to distinct times within history. Currently, Republicans control two of the three branches of government. They are essentially responsible for every bad decision made by the goverment since they took control of Congress and the White House, which covers a lot of territory.

To be fair, they are likewise and to the same degree responsible for the good decisions made by the government, which also covers a lot of territory. Breaking totalitarianism is good for all mankind, by definition. Totalitarian organization models have their uses, primarily in the organization remaining functional under extremely difficult conditions and if damaged, but when the totalitarian model is applied to entire societies, the resulting regimes exist only to oppress. Oppression is simply bad.

Partisan enthusiasm for the respective philosophies of either the Democrat or Republican parties very much does not define which is actually good and actually bad. What it does define is which one you're sold on.