Reply #21: They're bullies, but beyond that, they're EMOTIONALLY ABUSIVE

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to all who disagree with them, and especially to those who begin to question them.

They present this alternative reality that they've constructed, then when anyone questions it, they demonize the questioners.

Before I realized what was happening to us all, I'd think, "The world isn't making sense anymore, but I seem to be the only one who thinks like this. There must be something wrong with ME."

Think of all the times when whistleblowers, those who give congressional testimony on behalf of the poor, people who voice moderate-to-liberal opinion or just plain FACTS that we know are true, it's often met with a condescending attitude, lies, demonization, you name it.

Imagine what it must be like to have been sexually or physically abused and have other people dismiss it out of hand or refuse to believe the truth. Even worse yet is when the abused dares to speak out and people then turn on them for doing so.

When RWers can't argue against the facts and attack PERSONALLY those who voice opposing opinions (with name-calling and denying what is OBVIOUSLY true), there is something sick about that.

I don't know if any of that makes sense, but I've been thinking a lot about how really EVIL all this divisiveness, propaganda and doublespeak is and how BULLYING and ABUSIVE it is.

This administration (and all those who have helped it come to power) are not only criminal and morally bankrupt, they've done lots of psychological damage to massive numbers of human beings who know or want to know the truth. And they've taught another generation or two how to perpetuate their abusive ways.