If democracy is truly the goal, then contempt is not a strategy. It is a warning sign.
Reducing millions of people to ignorant caricatures is not discernment. It is dogma in disguise. You do not defeat extremism by copying its tactics and wrapping them in moral superiority or selective outrage.
Democratic values require consistency, not convenience. You cannot claim to stand for freedom while excusing control just because it serves your side. That is not integrity. That is tribalism pretending to be virtue.
If you want to preserve democratic norms, start by applying them evenly. When critique becomes a shield for your own will to dominate, it stops being principled and starts becoming propaganda.
True discernment does not ask who is right. It asks what is true. And it holds everyone to that standard, especially when it is inconvenient.
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