pancakes3 wrote:what is it w boomer republicans and cryptofascism? decades and decades of condemning authoritarian control, bombarded with anti-fascist media re: nazis and USSR, seeing the horrors of gov't control in Vietnam, systemic racism (segregation, busing), becoming disproportionately rich off the fruits of globalization and with a snap of a finger, Trump's got them all marching to the beat of a fascist drum?
like, what is even going on?
seriously nate, how **** stupid are you? how goddamn stupid are you? i would say that you're better than this, but after four **** years of this, you're **** not. like, cool you like basketball, but you're really **** godawful person deep inside for being a trumper, you really **** are. we're at the stage where there's **** gestapo stomping around our nation's capitol, and you're out here blaming antifa or some other dumb **** bull. take a **** second and reflect. look at the world around you. it's on **** fire. **** is not fine.
I probably shouldn't answer this but...
Think about the reasons that folks voted R and voted for Trump?
1) Evangelicals - POTUS the sinner, is a flawed vessel, but offers a path to salvation for a fallen nation (abortion).
2) Racists - Anything to stop equal footing for minorities or to have the nation become minority majority
3) Hate of Democrats - Us vs. Them and social policies.
4) Fiscal Conservatives - Just throw that one out now
5) National security/Global influence - they see America's roll as one of leading the world.
You can't change 1. You cite that things are burning and the cite rapture. You can't change 2, they see us as a white nation. 3 is deeply ingrained. 4 - well, those folks are really worried. 5 - lots in the military would now like to see a change.
Probably Nate falls into one of the top three. You can't change that - and why bother. This election will be about the 60% that deeply believe he has failed as POTUS.
This is about getting rid of all the whataboutisms and getting folks out to vote. Full Stop.