As with many other things in life, there is a greyscale.

Canadian politicians are pretty good at trying to show their opponents with pointy ears, pointy tails, and a pitchfork. If they don't, their chances of winning the election or re-election are much smaller. It is a game we have forced them to play.

So to ask to "tone-down the rhetoric," I have to ask: "To what level?"

And then: "how do we enforce these standards?"

Sometimes I think Mr. Trump is a buffoon. And sometimes, I think he has been reading things like "stochastic terrorism."

Thanks for introducing this term to me. I sense a new Medium article coming into me.