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I understand quite well your comments and to a degree sympathize with them. I am 72 years old. In the world I grew up on the sentiments you expressed were accurate
and most people adhered to them.
Over the years, particularly in the last
few decades, adherence to what were once
connsidered normal cultural behaviors have steadily deteriorated.

Since Donald Trump ran for office, the magnitude and degree of hatred, viciousness and crudity directed at him, his family and supporters has exceeded all precedence. Even the ire directed at Lincoln stopped at him and was not extended to his family.

Ivanka attended John McCain’s funeral and had to sit through a series of insulting attacks directed at her father by the speakers there.

Not ONCE has ONE SINGLE RINO struck back at these attacks. ON THE CONTRARY, the Bushes broke with all prior precedence in attacking a sitting President of their own party and sided with the Democrats. Even the FAMILIES of the Bushes chimed in.

I have had it with these people. The Dems, RINOs and Media. In my mind it’s open war with them with no prisoners. They are the enemy.

I understand what you are saying and agree with you in philosophy.

But given the current state of affairs here, I can’t bring myself to agree in practise.

I hope you understand as you are of the same political view.

I absolutely do understand your point of view. I am 57, and even in my time what is going on now would have been inconceivable. That is what I am recoiling against, and that is what I am trying to prevent Free Republic from becoming.

On the other hand, I have also had it with the RINOs. They are worse than the Democrats in many regards, because at least you can see the Democrats coming. They are the enemy outside of the gates. The RHINOs are the traitors inside of the gates that Cicero warned us against. I’m disgusted with their lack of vision, their selfishness and their cowardice in enabling the progressive state to come to power, and to even maintain that power when a supposedly conservative Administration comes into office. They have put their own narrow interests, political and otherwise, ahead of the American people.

I fully understand and agree with what you are saying about it being time to take off the gloves. I just question whether doing so in the immediate aftermath of a person’s death, like the Left does, is the wisest course of action. Note that it is no longer in the immediate aftermath. I despise these people as much as you do, and it is for this reason that I love the fact that Donald Trump constantly triggers them and calls them out. I would like to see their power reduced to an absolute minimum, and a newly invigorated Republican party, with a staunch pro-American point of view, develop and become effective. I’m not sure that this is possible, given how far things have gone, but it is what I would like to see.

Best FReegards to you. Let’s stop with the circular firing squad, and turn the guns to our mutual enemies.