Source: Townhall
by Cal Thomas
“[E]scalating and using vile rhetoric is guaranteed to make things worse. It can also fire up one’s political base and raise money. On this latter point, I have two stories. One involved a pastor of a large Florida church who had decided to dabble in politics. He told me of the criticism he had received for sending out so many negative letters about how he saw the condition of the country. He decided to try a positive letter and described the response this way: ‘No one sent any money.’ … You might make money and shore up your base by denouncing others and using foul language, but the result is a deeper and wider divide and a hatred of fellow Americans.” (01/29/26)
https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2026/01/29/cal-thomas-the-language-we-use-n2670260