That is true, at least in part because conservatives respect the constitution and loyal opposition is healthy for a democratic society. Even old-school liberals understood that, like Justice Brandeis who said “sunlight is the best disinfectant”. Healthy rigorous debate lets the cream of ideas rise to the top.
Unfortunately modern day liberals aren’t into healthy, open debate. Either you agree with them, or you are Hitler. This is due in large part to the effect of social media and the cancel culture nature of public opinion/education. As the journalist who just recently resigned from the NYT said: “Twitter is now on the masthead of the NYT.” Public debate is almost all about clicks and retweets to build and monetize a personal profile. It’s not about logic or reason. In fact, the Smithsonian Institute on Black History says that logic, reason and the scientific method are all symbols of white racism!
Someone should’ve told Frederick Douglass. If he knew that in his day, he would never have tried to learn how to read and write. On his own. Became a preeminent and persuasive writer and logician.
Yeah, I hear you too. This is not an ideal situation. I don’t think the feds should be involved in street level crime. But what’s happening is a reversion to 1980’s crack war levels.
My personal opinion, these “wars” on drugs, poverty, illiteracy etc have all been abysmal failures just by judging from the results. I think they are mostly just programs designed for graft and corruption. Look at the NY State Assembly, the Illinois Speaker, even the Ohio speaker all corrupt. But I view those issues as different from murderous gangs killing innocent people on a war-like scale. I like local police, but something is seriously broken in Chicago that they are unable to do anything about it. We can’t have this happening in our 3rd largest city. My red line is at violence. I don’t want feds involved in most of the other issues. But when it is not safe to walk your toddler across the street without getting murdered, something must be done.