Yo! This seemed to come on rather suddenly, in the course of the exposition, that is. This was exactly the terminology that Hitler's regime used to justify the extermination of the Jews. I recall seeing newsreels of scurrying rats.
So my opinion is that once you embrace this metaphor, you are beyond the pale.
But my liberality of mind is illimitable, and I am only left wondering how you could think such things.
Dear dr lew,
re: “So my opinion is that once you embrace this metaphor, you are beyond the pale.
But my liberality of mind is illimitable, and I am only left wondering how you could think such things.”
I may appear ‘beyond the pale’ to you, and to others, and i am comfortable in my existence for you to formulate that opinion. I am comfortable with the re-enactment of the anti-Communist laws of the 1950’s, which would clean out the ensconced Socialists/Communists within the federal government, both those hired, and elected.
I, in July of 1970, took an Oath, that has no expiration date, except the day that *I* expire. That Oath includes the term “enemies domestic and foreign”, which i believe is self-explanatory. Call me “a rabid American” if you like, just don’t call me “late for dinner”, and we will be fine.
I am old enough to know what Communism/Socialism truly is, and it has no part in this country of mine. Neither does any law mohammedan. The State as ‘church’ is totalitarian, even if dressed up as ‘government will take care of you’.
If you are more and more UNcomfortable, the more you read my answer, possibly you are not ‘rabid American enough’.