Hmmm, again so interesting. I made no assumption you were speaking from a cultist mentality or ignorance or stupidity, nor did I say any such things about you. If you go back and read what I actually said, I am suggesting you do not understand what drives the Cruz base. That doesn’t mean I think you are a bad person. It only means I think you’ve arrived at an incorrect conclusion about what could break the deal between Cruz and his supporters. Sorry you took it so wrong. If we are fellow conservative here at FR, should we not be striving for mutual understanding? Instead of being at each others’ throats?
Peace,
SR
Well then, I suppose that I just assumed too much.
I don’t WANT to be at each others’ throats, many of my past comments to the contrary. I’m just sick of people being at MY throat. I’m sick of many people who claim to support Cruz telling me that I’m going to be sent to Hell or that I’m a zombie or a cultist.
As for Trump’s comments, I’m not going to run the assumption that he wants to crush the First Amendment underfoot, like many people seem to be implying.
Strengthening libel laws may be a bad idea because it can be used against us in a non-Constitutional way, but if nothing else at least Trump is addressing the political-media alliance that’s happening. At the moment, it’s practically (and if I’m slightly cynical, literally) government propaganda.
It’s not a bad idea to defend against that.