There is a difference between holding a particular tax or spending or health-care view and asserting that an American who supports another approach or is a member of a different political party is an advocate of an 'ism' of hate that encompasses gulags and concentration camps.
One framework of thought defines rival ideas; the other, enemies." As a result, "citizens of various philosophical persuasions are reflecting increased disrespect for fellow citizens and thus for modern-day democratic governance. This view is pushed by the current Republican Party.
And more bizarre, significant public figures have toyed with hints of history-blind radicalism -- the notion of 'secession. This is Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry's effort to ride to reelection by invoking a concept thatwas discredited in 1865.
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