I will tell you what I am afraid of, I am afraid of tyrants like you who would shut down opposing points of view as though you were running Twitter or Facebook because you assume, in your arrogance, that your fellow conservatives are too stupid to deal intelligently with anything that offends or frightens you.
No gas lighting here, only a desire to recognize and deal with reality. You may disagree about the nature of the "reality" but the process of defining it is the point of a forum. Otherwise welcome to Pravda.
The first resort of those who are fearful or those who are demagogic is to resort to the ad hominem because that, like charges of racism, ends debate and avoids unpleasant prospects. The result though is to leave a political party in an election year flat, flaccid, vulnerable. Much better to be running scared than running complacent-I think you pointed that out yourself about Hillary's campaign.
Take a look at Nate Silver's article
