Anonymous
11/20/2021 07:38
Subject: Re:The GOP is broken beyond repair
She is not wrong
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/18/its-not-polarization-we-suffer-republican-radicalization/
While it’s true that the country is more deeply divided along partisan lines than it has been in the past, it is wrong to suggest a symmetrical devolution into irrational hatred. The polarization argument too often treats both sides as equally worthy of blame, characterizing the problem as a sort of free-floating affliction (e.g., “lack of trust”). This blurs the distinction between a Democratic Party that is marginally more progressive in policy positions than it was a decade ago, and a Republican Party that routinely lies, courts violence and seeks to define America as a White Christian nation.
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The “polarization” decriers cop out when describing the country in terms that suggest both sides are to blame. Honesty compels us to recognize that while progressives might have more ambitious goals for government, they work within the democratic structure and acknowledge reality. The same cannot be said of Republicans. Let’s face it: We would not have a democracy crisis and an epistemological crisis if not for the Republican Party.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/18/its-not-polarization-we-suffer-republican-radicalization/
While it’s true that the country is more deeply divided along partisan lines than it has been in the past, it is wrong to suggest a symmetrical devolution into irrational hatred. The polarization argument too often treats both sides as equally worthy of blame, characterizing the problem as a sort of free-floating affliction (e.g., “lack of trust”). This blurs the distinction between a Democratic Party that is marginally more progressive in policy positions than it was a decade ago, and a Republican Party that routinely lies, courts violence and seeks to define America as a White Christian nation.
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The “polarization” decriers cop out when describing the country in terms that suggest both sides are to blame. Honesty compels us to recognize that while progressives might have more ambitious goals for government, they work within the democratic structure and acknowledge reality. The same cannot be said of Republicans. Let’s face it: We would not have a democracy crisis and an epistemological crisis if not for the Republican Party.
Naenae
11/19/2021 17:17
Subject: Re:The GOP is broken beyond repair
I think the whole system is beyond repair. The founding fathers would be rolling in their graves at what's going on in the current political climate.
Anonymous
11/19/2021 15:25
Subject: The GOP is broken beyond repair
Your post should be used to revive one of those threads about all the GOP’s assaults on voting rights. Many, many maga mushrooms tried the talking point that it was about “election security;” nothing could be further from the truth. It’s the GOP’s fascist attempt to win when they’ve lost too many voters.
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Anonymous
11/14/2021 00:43
Subject: The GOP is broken beyond repair
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:In the past couple of days:
- Hawley started a fight against porn and video games to make men MANLY again;
-Margie Three Names tweeted Nation of Islam literature to praise it for its anti-vaccine stance;
- Cruz lost a battle with Big Bird;
- Gosar tweeted an anime of him beheading Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, then going after President Biden.
And the only act that's going to get any Republican sanctioned is voting for infrastructure.
F**king lunatic party.
And we learned all this: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/trump-johnny-mcentee-january-6-betrayal/620646/
They’re not just lunatics. They’re fu**ing fascists. It’s not a joke…they’re coming for people, including their own. Such sick F**ks.
Dammit. I have to get a subscription to the Atlantic; I keep reading my free articles!
Since I can’t offer any critique on the article, I’ll say this: why did so many of Trump’s employees look like they were completely dead behind the eyes, just as if their soul was missing? This McEntee guy, Hope Hicks, Ivanka and Jared…
+1. Have you seen Mike Pompous lately? He looks like death warmed over. He must be worried about something.
Anonymous
11/13/2021 23:48
Subject: The GOP is broken beyond repair
Anonymous
11/13/2021 09:05
Subject: The GOP is broken beyond repair
At least one third of this country is mentally ill
Anonymous
Anonymous
11/13/2021 08:41
Subject: The GOP is broken beyond repair
Republicans are becoming Brown Shirts.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/12/us/politics/republican-violent-rhetoric.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/12/us/politics/republican-violent-rhetoric.html
From congressional offices to community meeting rooms, threats of violence are becoming commonplace among a significant segment of the Republican Party. Ten months after rioters attacked the United States Capitol on Jan. 6, and after four years of a president who often spoke in violent terms about his adversaries, right-wing Republicans are talking more openly and frequently about the use of force as justifiable in opposition to those who dislodged him from power.
In Washington, where decorum and civility are still given lip service, violent or threatening language still remains uncommon, if not unheard-of, among lawmakers who spend a great deal of time in the same building. But among the most fervent conservatives, who play an outsize role in primary contests and provide the party with
its activist energy, the belief that the country is at a crossroads that could require armed confrontation is no longer limited to the fringe.
Anonymous
11/13/2021 08:40
Subject: The GOP is broken beyond repair
Anonymous wrote:It is dumb, but it is helpful to everyone else since it easily identifies the morons to keep your distance from.
Yep. It started with the red hats and now we are at this. Very easy to stay away from the cra cra.
Anonymous
11/13/2021 08:37
Subject: The GOP is broken beyond repair
It is dumb, but it is helpful to everyone else since it easily identifies the morons to keep your distance from.
Anonymous
11/10/2021 00:51
Subject: The GOP is broken beyond repair
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:In the past couple of days:
- Hawley started a fight against porn and video games to make men MANLY again;
-Margie Three Names tweeted Nation of Islam literature to praise it for its anti-vaccine stance;
- Cruz lost a battle with Big Bird;
- Gosar tweeted an anime of him beheading Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, then going after President Biden.
And the only act that's going to get any Republican sanctioned is voting for infrastructure.
F**king lunatic party.
And we learned all this: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/trump-johnny-mcentee-january-6-betrayal/620646/
They’re not just lunatics. They’re fu**ing fascists. It’s not a joke…they’re coming for people, including their own. Such sick F**ks.
Dammit. I have to get a subscription to the Atlantic; I keep reading my free articles!
Since I can’t offer any critique on the article, I’ll say this: why did so many of Trump’s employees look like they were completely dead behind the eyes, just as if their soul was missing? This McEntee guy, Hope Hicks, Ivanka and Jared…
Because what probably keeps them attached to Trump is that someone threatens to kill their loved ones if they break away.