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I hardly make topics back here in Serious Discussion but this has been an issue that’s be weighing on my heavily since Election Day and evening before.
Should we hold the Right and, by extension, Republicans, Conservatives, Trumpservatives, Libertarians, etc accountable for decisions that led to Trump’s victory in 2016 and their actions for the last 4 years? If so, to what extent do we hold them accountable? Do the Left pull back punches and try to play the peace makers much like Biden’s acceptance speech? Or perhaps a something more heavy-handed by pushing by on the Republican agenda?
Or, do you think something more drastic and, perhaps, permanent is in order that ranges from public shaming or career termination/cancelling to something that would be a breach of human rights like systematically hunting down republicans or inpriosning them for their beliefs. Would abolishing the Republican Party do more harm than good?
I know those sound pretty drastic, but, talking to my Conservative friends and family (and I have a lot) yielded a lot of fear mongering on what a Biden presidency will bring. Many of them, including my own parents, feel we are living in the end of days and are prepared for unrivaled persecution from the radical left. Do you think these fears are irrational, are they founded in realism, or do you think they have a reason to fear because a reckoning is coming?
While I abhor the thought of hunting down Republicans and jailing then for something as small as a difference in ideals; I do think that their behavior and their actions these past four years can’t be left unpunished. What that punishment is I’m not sure but perhaps just seeing Trump fade away is punishment enough.
Should we hold the Right and, by extension, Republicans, Conservatives, Trumpservatives, Libertarians, etc accountable for decisions that led to Trump’s victory in 2016 and their actions for the last 4 years? If so, to what extent do we hold them accountable? Do the Left pull back punches and try to play the peace makers much like Biden’s acceptance speech? Or perhaps a something more heavy-handed by pushing by on the Republican agenda?
Or, do you think something more drastic and, perhaps, permanent is in order that ranges from public shaming or career termination/cancelling to something that would be a breach of human rights like systematically hunting down republicans or inpriosning them for their beliefs. Would abolishing the Republican Party do more harm than good?
I know those sound pretty drastic, but, talking to my Conservative friends and family (and I have a lot) yielded a lot of fear mongering on what a Biden presidency will bring. Many of them, including my own parents, feel we are living in the end of days and are prepared for unrivaled persecution from the radical left. Do you think these fears are irrational, are they founded in realism, or do you think they have a reason to fear because a reckoning is coming?
While I abhor the thought of hunting down Republicans and jailing then for something as small as a difference in ideals; I do think that their behavior and their actions these past four years can’t be left unpunished. What that punishment is I’m not sure but perhaps just seeing Trump fade away is punishment enough.