“The rhetoric on the Hill is getting very heated and it's getting quite dangerous. The gun is at the head of the American economy and Congress is holding it and its got a hair trigger. We've got to pay our bills.” PayEconomyDangerousHairGunBillsCongressHillsRhetoricTriggersAmerican Economy Author:Peter Welch
“For a decade Americans have been steeped in the rhetoric of "zero tolerance" and the faith that virtually all problems from drug addiction to lousy teaching can be solved by pouring on the punishment. Even without a Commander in Chief who pledges to rid the world of evildoers, smoke them out of their holes and the like, we would be vulnerable to the temptation to brush aside frustrating complexities and relieve intolerable fear (at least for the moment) by settling on one or more scapegoats to crush. To imagine that trauma casts out fantasy is a dangerous mistake.” WorldHas BeensMomentsProblemWould BeMistakeFantasyImagineTeachingDangerousDrugAddictionCastsTraumaDecadesTolerancePunishmentHolesTemptationVulnerableChiefsSmokeSettlingComplexityCrushZeroImagine ThatRhetoricBrushesFrustratingCommandersPledgePouringDrug AddictionDrug AddictCommander In ChiefScapegoatZero Tolerance Author:Ellen Willis
“Where's that toxic rhetoric coming from? Let's not make a false pretense of balance: it's coming, overwhelmingly, from the right. It's hard to imagine a Democratic member of Congress urging constituents to be "armed and dangerous" without being ostracized; but Representative Michele Bachmann, who did just that, is a rising star in the G.O.P.” HardStarsImagineDangerousBalanceMembersDemocraticCongressRisingToxicRepresentativesRhetoricPretenseConstituents Author:Paul Krugman
“I`m quite confident that when you spew out hateful [anti-islam]rhetoric, you green-light people who are - who have violent and who are dangerous, and that`s why we have to watch what we say. Words do matter.” PeopleMatterLightWatchesDangerousGreenIslamViolentRhetoricHatefulGreen LightsAnti Islam Author:Steve King
“If you [Donald Trump] do visit this country [UK], take time to visit the Mosques. Take time to reflect on how dangerous that kind of rhetoric is.” IfsKindCountryDangerousTrumpTake TimeRhetoricMosques Author:Sarah Wollaston
“It's very short-sighted and even dangerous to be engaging in the kind of demagogic rhetoric that Donald has about Muslims.” KindDangerousRhetoricEngagingShort Sighted Author:Hillary Clinton
“I don't think Donald Trump is an ideologue, so it's not really his policies that I think are going to maybe fire people up. It's his rhetoric and, you know, his willingness to wield power in a manner that can be potentially exploitative and dangerous.” PeopleThinkingKnowsFireDangerousPolicyTrumpWillingnessRhetoricIdeologues Author:Megyn Kelly
“Donald Trump has gone from making absurd comments to being downright dangerous with his bombastic rhetoric.” GoneDangerousTrumpAbsurdCommentRhetoricBombastic Author:Lindsey Graham