“First of All, James Ball III, you are full of poop,” wrote one Republican Party functionary to another in a bitter, paramilitary-tinged rift over the future of the GOP in Multnomah County, Oregon.
The Republican Party is turning into a literal gang that’s engaging in tribal warfare. Which means we have to call their leaders, “warlords”. I think Donald Trump just got a thrill.
How can you govern when one party is comprised of thugs and hooligans? Democrats are all we have from becoming a Russia type mafia state.
“I have no fear,” Sytsma wrote in another email reported by WW. “I have friends, neighbors, 3%ers people, my Proud Boy and Plain Clothes ‘security friends’…some who live within 6 blocks of me.…both in Uniform and OUT, I have contacted my local Precinct, they won’t be responding to any ‘Swat calls’…I enthusiastically practice my 2nd Amendment Rights,.…so frankly.…A phone call and I have more pals at my aid in literally single digit minutes than I can ever need.”
But at least he only uses Biblically appropriate language. Whew! Dodged a bullet…or maybe not.
That is a demographic trend that I have noticed growing during the past four years. I now automatically assume the worst when I see the beard. It’s not a fashion statement anymore, but a badge of recognition for fascists.
It’d strike me as a positive turn of events if the GQP would help the nation avoid a civil war by having one within itself.
At worst, the division could do wonders to their electoral prospects, even in harshly gerrymandered districts.
I read an article this morning that claimed the big beard trend is drawing to a close because most men have them and women are now more attracted to shaven men because beards are drearily common.
I’m a former Republican who lives in a Portland suburb. Seeing crap like this become legitimized concerns me even though I’d never vote for a Republican candidate for any office in this state.
OK so this is me being me, what were the churches that each group held their meetings in, or outside of? I know that churches rent out meeting spaces, but come on we should know which churches allow meetings where there has to be security at the door.
Beards will remain prevalent until real wages start rising. At this point they’re essentially a barometer of male economic anxiety and need for self assertion.