Opinion | Donald Trump, 'a Clear and Present Danger to All' – The New York Times
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To the Editor:
Re “Trump Knows Dominance Wins,” by M. Steven Fish (Opinion guest essay, May 7):
It used to be that the two parties disparaged each other for three months out of four years during election time. After that, they went back to hammering out helpful policies with civility, despite their different interests and philosophies. Governance worked, and democracy worked.
Over the last 30 years one party gradually stopped caucusing and stopped making policy and instead kept testing the effectiveness of words of disparagement within the world of talk radio while cynically pandering to the pain of a large segment of Americans.
That accelerated when a man who can stuff more slurs and smears into one sentence than a sausage maker can stuff meat in the sausage took over the leadership of his party with his genius for smearing his opponents.
People need to write his sentences down one by one to see the ugliness in each one. His followers love him because they think that his ugly words mean that he cares about them and is fighting for their welfare.
We are close to electing a would-be tyrant for the presidency 250 years after we revolted against a British monarchy — a tyrant who would persecute his opponents and abolish free elections with a “heads I win, tails you lose” philosophy.
Let’s stop talking about “democracy” and start talking about “tyranny.”
Jerrold Bonn
Spring House, Pa.
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