The actual agenda of the Democratic Party isn’t actually that popular in practice, so, sure, why not try and scare voters?
Two Kentucky historians agree the GOP is steering the US straight toward authoritarianism |Opinion
Two Kentucky historians agree it’s past time for Democrats to start warning voters — loudly, clearly and unceasingly — where Donald Trump and his truest true believers in the GOP are steering the country: Straight toward white supremacy and authoritarianism.
“This is real, this is serious and it’s frightening,” said Brian Clardy, a Murray State University history professor. “We must build a democratic resistance that amounts to a counter-fascist coup — In short, we must all become ‘antifa,’ or antifascists,” said John Hennen, a Morehead State University history professor emeritus.
Clardy said Trump largely won on a white backlash triggered by Barack Obama’s election. Clardy was in the crowd when our first African American president was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2009.
ZOMG, a whole two historians! Who sure look to be Democratic voters.
“While we’re celebrating here in Washington, folks back home are seething,” he said to a woman standing near him. He meant white folks.
Hennen said Trumpism has deep roots. “The eruption of violent white nationalist authoritarianism in our country is the shocking manifestation of less noisy currents of fascist politics which have evolved for decades.”
Yup, they are, as they throw out Word Salad. The rest goes exactly as you expect, so, let’s flip to J. Peder Zane, who doesn’t seem to be much of a fan of Trump
The Democrats’ Problem With Democracy
Democrats have challenged the legitimacy of every presidential election they’ve lost this millennium: They blamed a corrupt Supreme Court for their defeat in 2000, crooked voting machines in 2004 and Russian interference in 2016 – sparking a years-long collusion hoax to knee-cap Trump’s presidency.
But now, as President Biden’s poll numbers tank, his legislative agenda falters and his party’s 2022 prospects look increasingly grim, they and their media allies are adding a new twist to the tactic: They’re challenging elections before they happen.
Prestigious news outlets including the New York Times, Washington Post, the Atlantic, NPR and the New York Review of Books warn that American democracy is under siege. With headlines ripped straight from Democratic Party talking points they argue that Republicans are planning a two-pronged coup to seize power in 2022 and beyond.
It’s a good piece, worth reading the whole, but, let’s skip to
From their 19th century roots as the party run by Southern planters and Northern political machines, to their embrace of technocratic progressivism during the 20th century, to their current status as the party of global elites, the Democratic Party has long been a hierarchical outfit where those at the top promised to act in the best interests of those below them. Especially in the South, this paternalism was fused with demagoguery, as leaders kept voters in line by playing on fears of the “Negro menace.”
In other words, they like to control the lives of all the peons
In fairness, Republicans have engaged in many of the tactics ascribed to them. But their historic embrace of limited governmental power has usually restrained their impulse to direct people’s lives. They have tended to demonize small groups (e.g. left-wing communists) rather than entire populations. The argument that Republicans hate African Americans is simply a Democrat falsehood belied by the GOP’s long support for racial justice and the fact that America is by every measure less racist than it has ever been.
But, see, in the eyes of the far left moonbats, pushing for limited government, making sure the people who are voting are, in fact, the person who should be voting and that they are eligible to vote and haven’t voted multiple times, that government is responsible to the People, and more, is authoritarianism, Fascism. Loony tunes leftists.
“The eruption of violent white nationalist authoritarianism in our country is the shocking manifestation of less noisy currents of fascist politics which have evolved for decades.”
Sounds about right. From the KKK, Dixiecrats, KKK2, the John Birch Society, anti-abortion criminals, Tea Party, alt right and today’s tRumpists – right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) is pervasive.
RWA was defeated in 2020, but the RWAs violently attacked the US in an attempt to overturn the election. Authoritarianism is exemplified by denying the democratic process and “selecting” which citizens should vote. Authoritarianism is supporting the militarization of police and encouraging their “control” of the “other”, e.g., stop and frisk, killing drivers suspected of crimes, etc. Authoritarianism is submitting to an authoritarian “leader”, aka a cult of personality, e.g., Reagan and tRump.
Already we see RWAs calling for the overthrow of the current US government by “any means necessary”.
One thing we’ve learned about the nuRight – “It’s always, always, always projection”.
Just because Rimjob has posted this same psychorant for the thousandth time it doesn’t make it any more true than the first time.
It simply proves he’s a sick person looking for some attention.
Guess with Brandon, that’s all he has left.
#LetsGoBrandon
#FJB
Bwaha! Lolgf
“By Any Means Necessary” happened to be the name of an organization opposed to GWB. I’m sure that by “By Any Means Necessary” they meant “With Strongly-worded Letters” and “Extreme Pearl-clutching (In Public!)”.
And what do you think the “resistance” was all about?
Try again.
But only the tRumpists tried to overturn the 2020 election. Even when GWB lost the 2000 popular vote his opponent eventually conceded and never called for the violent overturning of the election as tRump and the tRumpist plotters did this year.
Try again.
Sorry, child, the democrats tried to overturn the 2016 election for four years, cheated on the 2020 election, and bragged about it in a Time article.
Once again, you demonstrate an alarming lack of clues – but your regurgitation of liberal talking points is consistent.
The absolute epitome of gaslighting, plus projection!
I’m sure it shows other symptoms of “liberal” delusion, but I will leave the rest to the class as an exercise.
Show your work.
So I’m going to go out on a limb here, but the Democrats do NOT believe they are authoritarian? Imagine having no self-awareness at all.
See also: NYPD officers dragging kids out of pizza shops.
To all of those who think that cops are conservatives who wouldn’t come to take away your firearms if the government ordered them to do so, think again.
Yah, guys- the ones throwing mandates around, including energy and covid, aren’t the authoritarians, it’s Republicans. And the social media companies run by libs that censor conservative viewpoints aren’t authoritarian, it’s Republicans. Funny this could only have come out of the mind of Mr. rimjob.
Some real liberal logic here:
So, Republicans really, really want to be authoritarian, but haven’t been and haven’t tried to be, but we can blame them for it anyway?
Conservatives express their authoritarian tendencies by maintaining white privilege, voter suppression, opposing any spending on non-wealthy and corporations, tax cuts for the non-wealthy and corporations, opposing safety regulations, environmental regulations, police “control” of the “others”, laws opposing equal rights for women, Blacks, gays…
Authoritarianism is not limited to sending your enemies to death camps.
As hard as it is for anyone to believe, I think you’re actually serious about that Used Food.
Where to begin-and your proof of voter suppression is…where? You don’t have any.
Your proof of white privilege is..where? You don’t have any. The term gets thrown around but nobody has actually proved it.
Your proof that women, gays, ect., don’t have equal protection under the laws is…what?
The same for all the rest, shockingly…