Very, very true

[kpete]

Link to tweet

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[patphil]

1. They keep re-focusing their hatred to keep throwing "fresh meat" to their rabid base.

Since they don't really have a positive agenda, they double down on the negative...and it appears to work.
Doesn't say much for their base, does it?

[lapfog_1]

2. Don't worry, they still hate blacks, jews, gays, lesbians, muslims, and latinos.

[Skittles]

10. yes

but the point is, they keep bringing up new folk to hate, to keep the bigoted base united

[uponit7771]

14. +1,

[ck4829]

17. Indeed

[gaskinite]

3. Unfortunately

They have gerrymandered to the extent that they will be re-elected disproportionally so they can continue their hate unabated.

[paleotn]

11. Not really. Funny thing is, it's not working out so well this time.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/10/us/politics/redistricting-congressional-maps-elections.html

Gerrymandering on both sides is cancelling out the Republican advantage in red leaning districts. That usually favors us Dems. Plus, American society, and thus the electorate, is not static. Seems the older I've gotten, change seems to accelerate. Legal gay marriage across America? Sexual orientation considered a protected class under Title VII? 30 or 40 years ago I'd have said those would never, ever happen in my lifetime. Yet, here we are. It's going to be a hell of a fight this year, but one the Dems can win in both houses of Congress.

[iscooterliberally]

4. Right wing 'happiness' is contingent upon the suffering of others. n/t

[bringthePaine]

5. howling into the maelstrom is all the empty fuckers have...

[Pepsidog]

6. So many republicans projecting their hate on others are closeted gay or bi etc.

[paleotn]

7. Seriously. Just leave people the hell alone.

They're not hurting anyone, least of all a bunch of reich wing nut jobs. If they think whatever is a "sin", then let their god sort it out. If he is who they say he is, he doesn't really need their help.

[Skittles]

8. exactly right

they don't stand FOR anything (well, aside from rich white men), so to unite their pathetic base they give them endless "enemies" to hate.....fucking disgusting so many repuke voters fall for such manipulation

[Ferrets are Cool]

9. One thing has remained a constant...their hate of the female gender

and wanting to dominate it.

[Solly Mack]

12. K&R

[Evolve Dammit]

13. gotta wonder where they learned all that hate? Family, Fox, Rush, friends??

[BobTheSubgenius]

15. Truth.

[ck4829]

16. K&R

[The Jungle 1]

18. The thing is

Most of it is political theater to inflate their ignorant political base. Which is what makes it so putrid.

[justhanginon]

19. Very well said!

[Roc2020]

20. It's a power supremacy thing

The Right would rather destroy the country than be ruled by the majority minority. They are scared to death.

[LizBeth]

21. Their hate is working pretty damn hard, and in law, against women and girls, too.

[gulliver]

22. Our job is to not let Republican transphobia pay

The talking needs to be led by trans people, and they should be people who other trans people generally agree to speak for them. Volunteers to "fight for" trans people who are not so qualified should be given less attention and even actively opposed by Dems, imo. They can be allies, but they don't get to set strategy.

We want to avoid letting the Republicans choose fools from our side as their debate opponents by taking those misguided volunteers out of our debate team rotation ourselves. Let the most effective do the debating.

[IngridsLittleAngel]

23. This is what I try to warn people...

Warn people who think we can just "throw the QOP a bone" by giving in on trans issues or LGBTQ issues or "culture war wedge" issues. No. You can't. First, human rights for all, period. Playing games and pick and choose with human rights is the other side of the same coin of bigotry that the QOP loves so much. There is no debate. You stand for human rights, or you oppose them. Cutting out even one small segment means you oppose human rights.

Secondly, for anyone out there for one second thinking "Fine. We let the QOP win the fight over trans stuff so we can win the war..." Read this tweet by Oliver Willis. Read it again. Bookmark it. READ IT REPEATEDLY. Should the QOP succeed in destroying the trans community and presenting "the final solution" to "the gender question"? They'll go after someone else. They already are. They're going after reproductive rights almost as fiercely as trans issues. They're threatening Loving. They're threatening marriage equality. They will find a new target, and feel even more powerful and emboldened after "taking down those damned trans". It'll be people of color. It'll be LGBTQ's. It'll be women who don't do what they want.

Stand for everyone, or fall for anyone.

Here in 2022, "First they came for..." is becoming more relevant than some people think... yet again.