Little Friendly Reminder

[KS Toronado]

[erronis]

1. And both groups (House Repugs, Proud Boys) funded by the same sources.

They've been working at tearing down the democracy and benefits for the residents for decades.

[2naSalit]

4. +1

[peppertree]

2. Fascist kleptocrats

When Hitler whined that "we lost the war, but shall win the peace" - that picture's exactly what he meant.

[orthoclad]

7. the Confederacy

lost the fighting, but won the peace when Reconstruction ended - due to a contested election.

[peppertree]

8. Great analogy

The fifth column's a very real thing - and they've got Wall Street money behind them (with exceptions).

Just like Hitler did - as Prescott Bush and so many of our '30s-era CEOs could tell us.

[orthoclad]

11. Analogy? we now have the Covfeferacy,

a direct descendant from plantation days.

The Civil War never ended.

[peppertree]

14. I hear you

I grew up in Mi'ssippi - and the obsession Southern right-wingers have with the Confederacy and the Antebellum South cannot be overstated.

They seem convinced that they'd all live like Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler "but for them damn Yankees and their n***er collaborators."

The fact that most white people lived in near-medieval conditions in the 1850s South seems to escape them.

But a lot of their hatred toward black people stems from that very belief - that it was collaboration from freed/runaway slaves that gave the "Nawth" the ground intelligence and the edge they needed to win.

(if true, then good on them! they were defending the nation after all)

It's one delusion on top another with these people.

[BaronChocula]

15. This is the dynamic my mind goes back to

again and again. Many white "independent," "swing" and even republican voters support Democratic priorities but vote red as assurance they aren't race betrayers (n***** lovers).

[peppertree]

16. Right - and they love the fact that the 'big gummint' pays for nearly half their state budgets

Where - oh, where - would they be without that sweet, sweet federal money.

[Lonestarblue]

3. Perfect description.

[republianmushroom]

5. Nailed it.

agree
But without the leadership.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. I suggest "The Proud Brooks Brothers Boys"

But perhaps we need a better referent than "Brooks Brothers", though I do not know what it might be.

[KS Toronado]

9. The Proud Boys without camouflage?

[erronis]

10. "Preppie"?

Button-down shirts and khaki's (neatly pressed.) Tassles on their shoes.

Not the scruffy PB look, but you can polish a turd any time and end up with one of these.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Hmm, "The Proud Suits" or "Proud Suit Boys"?

[Magoo48]

13. These are the Proud Boy's lower companions.

[BumRushDaShow]

17. "House Republicans are really the Proud Boys wearing Brooks Brothers suits"

and then Brooks Brothers filed for Chapter 11.

Storied apparel brand Brooks Brothers files for bankruptcy as it seeks a buyer and closes dozens of stores

Published Wed, Jul 8 2020 8:02 AM EDT Updated Wed, Jul 8 2020 1:50 PM EDT

[central scrutinizer]

18. Skinheads without the tonsure