It’s called ‘marginalizing’, stephenjohn. On the immigration issue it has been used over and over even right here on FR. When they can’t push you aside with that tactic, then the insults start. First Bush just ignored us and we kept being told he’d get on board, it was ‘strategy’. Now he just insults us, like any other garden variety FROBL. Do you suppose they’ve noticed how outnumbered they are? They really are reminding us of just who has the ‘power’ and it isn’t us peasants. For now. They assume because they have no loyalties expcept to the $$$$, that most of us feel that way. They assume too much.
Thanks, well stated!