--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Denise Evans <dmevans365@...> wrote: > > I agree - seems like "consciousness" and "compassion" are > completely missing and demonizing has set in, consistent > with one of the key criteria of "ideological" warfare.
Well, except that compassion is the very basis of Democratic ideology. Kind of a catch-22 for those for whom compassion is a core value: It's hard to show compassion for folks whose ideology makes a virtue of *lack* of compassion and who want to eliminate compassion from public policy. Those who lack compassion, on the other hand, don't face a similar conflict between their ideals and the urge to demonize their ideological opponents.
