Unquestionably, American political rhetoric can be repugnant, and the Right can certainly be as guilty as the Left.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
As the U.S., much of Europe, and the U.K. shift toward the political right, the rhetoric grows more insular, defensive, and protective.
Political rhetoric leads only to confusion.
Democratic politicians, liberal activists and liberal news outlets routinely deploy incendiary rhetoric and wicked accusations to marginalize Republicans.
The right of free speech cannot be parceled out based on whether we want to hear what the speaker has to say or whether we agree with those views. It means, quite often, tolerating the expression of views that we find distasteful, perhaps even repugnant.
I'm not really a Democrat or a Republican, but I don't like rhetoric.
Not everybody is comfortable with the idea that politics is a guilty addiction. But it is.
You could accuse Republicans of a lot of things, but you could never convict us of being too conservative!
With representation there to do the speaking, the guilty are suddenly given the freedom that comes with hiding behind the fact that they never said that - in fact, they never said anything!
I guess intractable right-wing ideologues are my mortal enemy.
I come from the liberal side of thinking: Better one guilty man should walk free than one innocent man found guilty.
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