They’ve been moving in a fascist direction for a long time. Actually, since Goldwater, although I wouldn’t call him one. But by quite openly, strongly and very publicly opposing all civil rights legislation and appealing to “states rights” in his 1964 Presidential Campaign, he effectively started the movement of the revanchist White racist Confederacy into the Republican Party, a transition finalized by and under Reagan’s disastrous (for the future of this country’s democracy) Administration. The groundwork having been done, and the rot started, the actual move into full blown fascism just took a match, which was eagerly provided by Trump, who had long been waiting for such a chance.
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The problem with the Republican Party is that it has been taken over by conservatives.
They can’t tolerate many voices.
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The Republican Party has been taken over by a neo-fascist cult. The conservatives are trying to figure out how to get their party back.
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Good analysis. Didn’t Reagan start his campaign for Prez in Philadelphia, Mississippi, the site where the three civil rights workers were slain?
Yes, it seems that the fascists among us have been hiding under their rocks until Don the Con connected with them and give them the OK to be as fascist as they wanted to be, while the GQP drank the Kool Aid, joined the cult and supported the Con Man in his bad behavior (especially the Big Lie).
Meanwhile the internet allowed all the far out Ring-Wing Nut Jobs, previously isolated in their padded bedroom, to meet and greet, spin some conspiracy, get to know each other and plan an insurrection in their spare time.
I really don’t know how we can rid the country of this danger. About 74 million people voted for the Con Man.
That’s a staggering number of people voting for an authorian criminal.
Sad. Very sad. And scary…
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Back at you, friend. Good analysis of yours.
And I totally agree. I’m losing hope rapidly for our democracy. Hope seems hard to hold on to, with a 50/50 Senate and a conservative WV “Dem” and an attention-hog, showboat former-fake-“progressive” refusing to budge on the filibuster is blocking all the Voting Rights legislation that is our only defense against a future coup.
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