It is easier to refute those on the other side of an issue by projecting opposing views as extreme positions, by using extreme labels.
This brings to mind the 1964 political slogan,
“Extremists are always wrong.”
Daddy had a very fitting response,
“Then you would have to include (disregard) Jesus.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That slogan was used to write off the republican nominee for president. Hmmm—What’s new ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25cf TDS
Trump Derangement Syndrome
Some despise, hate, Donald Trump so severely that they are driven to oppose everything he proposes, and cast extreme labels like Nazi and Hitler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25cf DDS
Daddy Derangement Syndrome
Some despised Daddy (and anyone like him) so deeply that they are driven to oppose what he stood for and talked about, with extreme labels like cultist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25cf MAGA
Make America Great Again
Some despise the MAGA movement from Trump so completely that they do everything to destroy America and twist the patriotic label ‘nationalists’ into an extreme pejorative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25cf APPEASEMENT
Some oppose the war on Iran so blindly that they scream about WWIII to keep us from eliminating the world’s worst bully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25cf ESCHATOLOGY
Some consider end-time time-lines that are different from theirs to be so obviously wrong that they imply ‘ridiculous’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25cf TRINITY
‘Everybody’ believes the trinity is so basic, foundational Christianity, that some say, “explain trinity, lose your mind; deny trinity, lose your soul.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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