Now, it’s perfectly true that there was never a time in America when everyone just got along beautifully. Our history of racism and xenophobia alone puts the lie to that. But Trump’s intolerance truly is ecumenical in that it could be any group, any individual, any foe or (former) friend at any given moment. It’s entirely self-serving.
It’s making more and more people embrace political violence. The recent American Values Survey from Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) in partnership with the Brookings Institution think tank found that one in three Republicans agree that “because things have gotten so far off track, true American patriots may have to resort to violence in order to save our country” – up from 15% in 2021. (22% of Independents and 13% of Democrats agree, all numbers having increased since 2021.) The truly frightening number is that among those who believe the Big Lie, 46% believe they may resort to violence, as well as 41% of Trump fans and 41% who buy into the “Great Replacement Theory.” 39% of Christian nationalists are ready to take up arms to “save the country.” Those numbers represent tens of millions of Americans.
All the pearl clutching about Trump is ignoring all of the similar rhetoric coming from the right since the early 90s. Trump isn’t a new thing, he’s the end result of decades of conservative media. Rush Limbaugh - may he rest in piss - was calling liberals vermin for years.
And every time you hear the phrase “Democrat Party” remember that it came out of a conservative think tank designed to make Democrats sound bad.
What’s different is that it’s coming from mainstream politicians now.
I started referring to them as the democrat party too after the Hillary shoehorn BS. They don’t get a free pass just because they arent gop. Fuck em both, we could do much better. This aint a good guys on both sides thing,the democratic party has failed democracy even if they arent a party of full blown facists
I remember when I used to believe that. But having been consistently disappointed by my fellow countrymen I no longer think this is the case.