‘Bullying’

By Terry Parsons  |  Charles City

During the heat of the recent presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton referred to Trump supporters as a “basket full of deplorables.” This was an interesting comment and clearly demonstrated that Donald Trump was not the only candidate that liked to call names.

Regarding name-calling, it is, in my opinion, a form of bullying and is a deplorable thing to do, regardless of whether it’s Trump, Clinton, the Right, or the Left. However, it is my observation that if you really wish to be called a name all you have to do is disagree with the self-proclaimed Liberal Elites. Disagreement with them will very likely result in your being labeled as one or all of the following: hater, sexist, liar, homophobe, Islamaphobe, red-neck, deplorable, ignorant, con-artist, cheater, whiner, denier, intolerant or even (gasp) a fundamentalist! The list goes on and on and yet the left claims to be concerned about bullying. It seems the Elite Left could greatly reduce bullying by eliminating their own name-calling.

Also, during the recent presidential campaign, the Clinton camp repeatedly said “If they take the low road, we’ll take the high road. In closing, I had no idea that name calling, rioting and burining the American flag were part of the high road.

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