...if the GOP could win elections they would

[Soph0571]

ALL OF THIS!




We see from January 6th that they are entering the outright violence stage to cling onto power by any means necessary.

[Wounded Bear]

1. K & R...nt

[calimary]

2. Indeed. And because they can't win elections fair 'n' square, they cheat.

[Omnipresent]

3. The violence on the right has always been there. It's just gotten worse.

I remember in 1984, a Reagan supporter tried to rush the stage and attack Vice Presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro, because of her criticism of the president’s foreign policy.
This man was so crazy, that a couple men struggled to hold him back.

We can also go back to 1980, when the KKK openly supported Reagan for President.

[Delphinus]

4. As you said,

"All of this!"

[bullwinkle428]

5. K&R. Way too many in denial about this.

[Stuart G]

6. K and R

[scarytomcat]

7. sadly all true

boom

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Sometimes it sounds like a tweaked version of the Vietnam War era

because that too was about control, fear, obedience

And let's include election cheating lest we forget Nixon's election year contacts with Hanoi that LBJ decided he could not reveal.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/06/nixon-vietnam-candidate-conspired-with-foreign-power-win-election-215461/

Violence requires increasing tactics of violence to keep the lid on the cheating and sources of violence.

[niyad]

9. Absolutely spot on.

[moondust]

10. Uncivil society.

It became apparent at their rallies in 2015-16 that they were eager to abandon civil behavior. TFG gave them the green light to go ahead and use thuggery to get what they want. Partly explains anti-vaxxers, anti-maskers, anti-mandaters, threatening behavior toward school board members and health care workers. January 6 and the Big Lie? Thugs being thugs.

[KS Toronado]

11. We need to keep an eye on all the RWNJs who are hinting at a civil war

And all of our intelligence agencies should step up their monitoring of groups who love their guns.

[Septua]

12. So far as threats and intimidation...

..I don't understand why the threatened and intimated don't take legal action against the people doing the threatening and intimidating.

There's no recourse against the anonymous cowards who call or send letters but the the wing nut bullies showing up at the public meetings making statements like "we're coming after you" are overestimating their first amendment rights. The people chairing the meeting should calmly ask the intimidator to detail his/her specific intentions, get a name and address, then call the law or just sue the bastards...

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/amendment-1/threats-of-violence-against-individuals

[jalan48]

13. It's one of the main tactics utilized by authoritarian rulers. It's intent has nothing to do with

helping the followers of the party, they are simply brainwashed pawns without the ability to think critically. Our elections become sporting events where winning is everything and the actual policy differences are no longer debated. It's all about hating the other team.

[live love laugh]

14. THIS a 1000 times !! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼