Quote of the Day
Party politics has always had this weird aspect where the party that had a better handle on controlling its own crazies, usually captured the middle and won elections. The DEMs have been imploding since about 2017, and today the whole party almost sounds fringe. If the GOP wants to avoid the same fate, they have work to do.
Don Kilmer @donkilmer
Posted on X, September 16, 2025
The context in which he said this is important. It was this post on X:
Interesting assertion by Kilmer. I had not thought of it that way. Even after thinking about it some, I’m not sure I agree. But as I think of myself as more of an observer of the two major parties than a member of either, I may not be a “normal” person. The Libertarian party platform is a far better match for my understanding of the U.S. constitution. But it has an asymptotic close to zero chance of getting someone into national office. Hence, “winning an election” is an alien concept to me.
It is true that the Democrats have been riding the crazy train for many years now and do seem to have imploded. But I don’t have to do much more than close my eyes and point at a random Republican to see more crazy than I want in a national office holder.
For example, I’m flabbergasted that the AG of the U.S. in the video above did not know that “hate speech” is not a legal thing. That was crazy talk.
The political left could not prosecute people for it and the Republicans have no legal authority to “go after” speech that is not inciting violence or threatening imminent danger of permanent injury or death. It took some significant blowback before she “clarified her remarks“:
Still, it is always good advice to control your crazies.
FYI, I made this post and put it in the queue about an hour before I read Rolf’s comment on the same topic.
The left has been pushing the concept of “hate speech” for so long, and has enshrined it into state law in a number of states, that it isn’t too surprising even people who know better would treat that idea as if it were a Constitutional reality.
Yesterday I saw a Charlie Kirk quote that clearly and unambiguously dismissed the concept as unconstitutional nonsense.