2 scholars analyzed more than 1 million official Tweets from members of Congress − and found a lot of antidemocratic language that damages the very institution the politicians belong to.
The article provides examples of anti democratic language and an example of a specific anti democratic comment from Mo Brooks. But then it says, “While members from both parties used antidemocratic rhetoric in their tweets, Republicans used it more frequently, by a ratio of more than 4 to 1. GOP members appeared to be targeting precisely the kind of voters to whom such language appeals strongly.” The article does not provide what the anti democratic rhetoric from democrats was. It never says that democrats have been calling for overturning an election or any of the examples that the article provides early on. Just says “well yeah, both sides do it, but Republicans more.” I’m suspicious that the anti democratic rhetoric that the democrats use is just calling a fascist a fascist. I guess I won’t know, though, since they don’t give me the examples they claim to have seen.
The article provides examples of anti democratic language and an example of a specific anti democratic comment from Mo Brooks. But then it says, “While members from both parties used antidemocratic rhetoric in their tweets, Republicans used it more frequently, by a ratio of more than 4 to 1. GOP members appeared to be targeting precisely the kind of voters to whom such language appeals strongly.” The article does not provide what the anti democratic rhetoric from democrats was. It never says that democrats have been calling for overturning an election or any of the examples that the article provides early on. Just says “well yeah, both sides do it, but Republicans more.” I’m suspicious that the anti democratic rhetoric that the democrats use is just calling a fascist a fascist. I guess I won’t know, though, since they don’t give me the examples they claim to have seen.