Do you consider the Republicans your enemy?

[Meldread]

I'm curious as to what the responses here would be to that question.

Do you consider the Republicans to be your enemy? How do you view the other party?

[virtualobserver]

1. I see them more as the destroyers of the earth

[ladjf]

76. I believe that Republican values and behavior are the result of a common

psychiatric disorder, as yet unnamed. People afflicted to the disorder recognize the behavior in other like minded individuals. The result is the forming of the Republican Party in 1855. If you will make a study of the Republican Party then on up to the present, you will notice a pronounced anti-humanistic set of values and behaviors.

[Merryland]

2. not as an enemy

more like way less enlightened...

[TipTok]

3. The fringe at both ends maybe...

... But a Republican registration doesn't automatically put them into the enemy category.

[JohnnyLib2]

4. Not necessarily, but there is Trump.....

[frogmarch]

5. Yes.

Every morning upon awaking during the Dumbya years I began my day with "God, I hate republicans."

I've started saying it again.

I hope I can stop again after the election. It's gotta be Bernie or Hillary!

[hamsterjill]

30. I gotta give this a +1000!

Me, too.

[kcjohn1]

6. GOP is owned by the same people who own Dem

GOP voters are fooled just as much as Dem voters. It's the nature of divide and conquer.

[hamsterjill]

33. I find Democrats to be much more knowledgeable.

Caveat, I do live in Texas. But all of the Democrats that I know are simply more intelligent, better informed and more aware of the impact of things on our world in general.

Republicans think more only of themselves.

[juxtaposed]

7. Yes, I treat them as an enemy, Saul Alinsky play book.

[deathrind]

8. No,

An enemy is someone you are in active combat with. I have friends who are republicans. I strongly disagree with their position but I will still go help them at 2am if they were in a jam.

I would consider republicans more of an adversary than an enemy. Much like a prosecutor is to a defense lawyer.

[Rebkeh]

9. No, I see conservatism as

extremely dangerous.

That includes conservative democrats. Or, as I call them, conservadems.

[dragonfly301]

31. +1 eom

[Populist_Prole]

74. Same here. Conservatives. It's about policy, not the team

And yes, they are my enemies. Look at it this way: In the scheme of things as they are set up ( read: "rigged" ) if they lose, it's just an annoying disappointment...a failure to further solidify their heretofore gains. If we lose, we're destroyed. It's about survival and freedom for the working class.

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

10. Hell yes

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[Rex]

11. I see them as a swarm of locusts heading toward a ripe field of corn.

Not really sure if that qualifies as an enemy or not. I consider them intentionally obtuse and at time incredibly dangerous toward society. So far in 44 years I have not seen a Dem do as much wanton destruction to the nation and our society as the GOP.

I see them as dealing death and misery and not having any care in the world when they do it. I view the other party as backwards and self-destructive. They don't seem to have the survival skills needed to make it in our society so most of them graft and leech all the while complaining about the 'welfare state' they live off of!

[yortsed snacilbuper]

12. Yes,

they ruined the country!

[Abouttime]

69. Not only ruined

They are ruining the country. They sabotaged Obama's presidency, they block everything good he wants to do for us. YES! They are the enemy.

[Shandris]

13. I view authoritarians and the establishment as the enemy of all life.

That many of them are Republicans only helps to focus the laser, not define the target's group.

[Cobalt Violet]

14. yes

all the greedy are.

[TipTok]

20. Are you suggesting there are no greedy democrats?

[Cobalt Violet]

25. No, I'm saying all the greedy are my enemy.

I meant to say that anyway. I just don't like greed and the greedy. I don't care what party they are in.

[Ex Lurker]

15. I have Republican friends and family members, so, no

I try not to demonize people, even when they're wrong.

[Yavin4]

16. Republicans are enemies of humanity

Take a sum total of all of their positions and it's against humanity itself. They want wars in the Middle East. They deny that the planet is getting warmer. They're against universal healthcare. They're against paying people a living wage. They want to shutter regulatory agencies who keep our water and air clean.

Their policies benefit a tiny portion of humans to the detriment of all living life on the planet.

[Maru Kitteh]

17. Yes.

Let's start off with - oh - I don't know - THEIR FRONT RUNNERS.


FFS. OF COURSE. YES.

[DeadLetterOffice]

18. People? No. Leadership? Totally. n/t

[dumbcat]

19. Evil Incarnate

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

21. Opponents politically, yes. As individuals, no.

My Doc is a Republican. We don't discuss politics.

[Pisces]

22. Some of them.

[GReedDiamond]

23. "I Hate Republicans" by the HappyTones...

...circa the Dubya mis-administration, term one...

More relevant today than ever!

[Marrah_G]

24. I consider the 1% and the corporations my enemies

Some republicans I like, most I don't, one I love. I would never vote for one of their party's candidates.

[rurallib]

26. yep (n/t)

[Pathwalker]

27. Yes.

[notadmblnd]

28. No, there are many who belong to the Republican party that I despise though

And there a a few Democrats I have no use for either.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

29. The elected ones, sure.

The rest are just enablers.

[artyteacher]

32. yes. eom

[monicaangela]

34. I ask you the same question after you read this:

http://www.ontheissues.org/Celeb/Republican_Party_Civil_Rights.htm

Okay, now this:

http://www.ontheissues.org/Republican_Party.htm

Now to answer your question....I believe republicans can be considered enemies of all who disagree with their policies and try to keep them from implementing them. Their policies not only make them what I would consider an enemy, but I'm sure when you take it all into consideration, you might be able to conclude they are enemies of all things sensible throughout the globe. Enemies of the planet if you will.

[Meldread]

38. You don't have to convince me.

I have considered Republicans my enemy for a long time. Not every Republican voter is the same, but anyone who votes for a Republican is certainly enabling the enemy.

I asked the question, because I was curious as to what type of responses that I would receive. I wondered whether if it was only me who hated them so intensely as to regard them as my enemies.

I see the Republicans and "the Conservative Movement" more broadly as a cancer infecting our country. Our nation needs a strong dose of chemo and radiation to destroy it, and if necessary surgery to cut off the tumors.

I regard compromise with the Republicans as being no different than selling out our morals and integrity.

My goal as a liberal and as a Democrat is to destroy the Republican Party and the Conservative Movement, and if it cannot be destroyed, then to marginalize and discredit it to whatever degree possible.

[monicaangela]

42. My sentiments exactly Meldread

Count me in...anything I can do to help you reach your goal, I will try to do. I believe the republican party needs to be dissolved, and forgotten, never to raise its ugly head as something different...completely obliterated. The planet will be a much better place without that party and their ideas an philosophy.

[Meldread]

43. My feeling is that...

...if Donald Trump is their nominee in the General Election, it is really the first time that all the ugliness and hate that exists within that party can be brought into full view. We see it with so many White Supremacists supporting him.

It is an opportunity for us to finally expose the Republican party for what it is, and really tell people it is time to choose sides. However, my fear (and this goes back to the reason that I asked the question), is that too many people will be squeamish about tarring all Republicans with the same brush. However, my stance is that if you don't want to be tarred with that brush, then abandon the Republican Party.

My view is that we shouldn't just target the candidates themselves, we should target those who support the candidates.

[monicaangela]

45. I agree Meldread

I often talk to conservatives, some of which I consider friends. They are republicans the majority of them, but lately some have started saying they are independents. I often ask them what it is about the republican party they find appealing. They begin by telling what they don't like, you know..they aren't too much in favor of their hard stance on Social Issues, but because they are Christians they feel they have to adhere to those sentiments. When it comes to racism, they say, oh, well you know I'm not racist, however I do know there are some racist in the party. I can't do anything about that.

I ask them every time, how is it that you feel you can stick with the party knowing what the party platform is and how it hurts the country. I look at it this way, even if you do agree with some of their social positions because you believe as a Christian that is what you should do, how can you justify their equal rights record. How can you justify the fact that they are owned by the fossil fuel industry, how do you allow them to deny climate change when you know for a fact science has proven and continues to prove climate change is real and is occurring. How can you adhere to their policies period and call yourself a Christian. Didn't Jesus, the person you are following ask those that were preparing to stone a woman for what they perceived to be her sins to do so, but before beginning allow the person without sin to cast the first stone.

How can you who is riddled with sin pass judgement on others through the efforts of your party and say you don't agree with that but you continue to vote for them. Could it be that you do agree, but know that it is wrong? Could it be that because you feel their policies aren't harming you it is okay to allow them to implement policies that harm others. Isn't that called aiding and abetting? Again, tell me why are you a republican and why do you continue to vote so they can implement the harmful policies they implement. The conversation of course ends abruptly because they don't have an answer. I often wonder why people don't think before they enter the voting booth, or select a party to support. I wonder why they never think of others only themselves when they are making these decisions, and because they don't think of others, I wonder if they can truly call themselves Christians. Sorry for the

[Hortensis]

79. Which conservative movement, though? You do realize

that since half of Americans are conservative, that some "movement" will need to be left for them. They're not going anywhere and could be counted on to strongly object.

How about the plutocrat lead and funded so-called "small government" movement to dismantle all regulation and government programs? Huge, and I'm already in that fight.

How about the plutocrat lead and funded movement to destroy liberalism in our constitution and as a force in government? Huge, and I'm in that one too.

How about dominionists who hope to establish God's kingdom in America and tear up the Constitution? This also, but this's not the big danger right now.

Only some conservatives are enemies, but some of their leaders are absolutely huge; I don't ever expect to have bigger enemies.

Other, ordinary, traditional conservatives are just people I disagree with, presenting smaller problems, who have to be worked with because that's how democracies function.

[elleng]

35. These days, yes.

Hasn't ALWAYS been this way.

The 'other party' had better get it's act together, as it's also heading in the direction of meltdown.

[Mike Nelson]

36. No, but...

...some are really bad people. Many are just wrong in their ideas. I have friends and relatives who lean Republican. Political opponents need not be enemies. Hopefully the Republican Party will change - they were better in the 1860s - but that probably won't happen in our lifetimes.

[Jim Beard]

37. The Extreme ones, definitely!

[mountain grammy]

39. Yes!

[onecaliberal]

40. Their policy and votes are responsible for millions of dead people and possibly the end

Of human life on planet earth. Granted there are plenty of dems to add to that list as well. They are cancer.

[Atman]

41. An adversary, not an enemy.

I don't have to hate, or wish to kill, or build walls to block them out.

I just need to use superior cunning and intellect to bring them to their knees.

[Dan]

44. Define for me the limits

To their extremism - and I can better answer that.

As we view the their top three candidates for POTUS - what are the limits to their individual extremism, tell me that - and I will tell you if I view them as the enemy. It might be a question that we may all have to face...

[HeiressofBickworth]

46. Enemy? Yes

I'm a senior living on Social Security -- Republicans want to reduce and ultimately eliminate Social Security

I have health issues and but for Medicare would have been dead or bankrupt two years ago. They want to eliminate Medicare

I'm a senior and have been registered to vote for many years. Republicans would prefer that I not be able to vote and pass laws to see that it becomes more difficult to do so

And it's not just me -- Republicans also want to curtail the civil rights of people of color, the poor, other seniors.

On the world platform, Republicans do not hesitate to use lethal force as a solution to all problems. They do not understand the wisdom and necessity for negotiated settlements of conflicts. (no money to be made in negotiated settlements, donchano)

Republicans are all about making money, regardless of the environmental effects of doing so.

Republicans are all about making money, regardless of the rights and needs of workers.

Nope, can't think of any reason to consider them anything other than the enemy.

[BlueMTexpat]

56. Very well said,

Can't K & R enough!

[Angel Martin]

47. No

political pluralism and different points of view are important, even when we don't like what they say.

Ideological and philosophical monocultures are dangerously vulnerable to mass error. (Everyone will make the same mistake, and there is no-one to say: "hey wait a minute...&quot

[mmonk]

48. Yes and also those that control a rigged system.

[Skittles]

49. they not only stop America from progressing

they are starting to take us backwards

THEY SUCK

[rockfordfile]

50. yes

[putitinD]

51. Yes

their greed has just about ruined our planet.

[JustAnotherGen]

52. Yes

[That Guy 888]

53. They see us as the enemy, which is why they can't do anything useful

I always thought that the party system was to help guard against groupthink and allow different points of view. Some very poisonous egos later (Nixon,Gingrich etc) and we have a party that hates everyone who isn't "with them".

With our parties leaders the embodiment of that Mr. Fish cartoon, it's very worrying what will stop the gops from heading towards an actual nazi-like party. There already are violent brown shirt wannabes at their rallies hoping to beat protesters, Muslims, brown people, anyone who isn't them.

[B Calm]

54. No, I just hate them.

[rjsquirrel]

55. Yes absolutely

UN-American racists, bigots, misogynists, homophobes, theocrats, and lovers of eroticized violence and aggression. What's not to hate?

America will start improving as they start dying off.

[bigwillq]

57. No

I don't think I have an enemy. Life is too short for enemies. People are who they are, even if I disagree with them

[rock]

58. They are not a party

that believes in Democracy. They want their candidates installed even if they have to steal votes to do it. So the answer to your question is, "Yes".

[noamnety]

59. The party label has started to mean less and less to me.

But people who support war, policies that support corporations over people & the environment, bought elections, and bigotry are the enemy.

[krawhitham]

60. Yep

[librechik]

61. no, they are Satan. Or more accurately, Legacy Nazis.

So yes. They must be defeated at any cost. I'm not exaggerating.

[LeftishBrit]

62. I don't consider individual Republicans, or Tories, to be my enemy

I consider certain right-wing policies to be dangerous to the world, and especially to people in a vulnerable position.

[Paladin]

63. As an organization? Absolutely. Individual Republicans? Not so much.

Most of my old school and work friends are conservatives. They know not to get into political discussions with me, and I return the favor.

[dembotoz]

64. yep yep yep you betcha.....get the general idea?

[Matrosov]

65. Absolutely

Republicans try to suppress the minority vote, they advocate white supremacy, the want to trample the rights of the LGBT community, they want to eliminate women's reproductive rights, they try to cut taxes for the rich and benefits for the poor, they are against environmental protection..

Rich white Christians are about the only group that Republicans do not hate.

[lunatica]

66. Not only my enemy, but the enemy of minorities, children, foreigners, women and the planet in genera

[davekriss]

67. Yes, the enemy

Or, rather, the foot soldiers of the enemy, the oligarchs.

Even mom and pop and Tommy and Sue Republican are the enemy insofar as they are aiding and abetting the hollowing out of our nation for the benefit of the very few.

"He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it."
- MLK Jr.

[Greybnk48]

68. Absolutely. Their actions have been, and are, harmful to our lives.

Their actions have hurt my children, my environment and my life as an American woman. If they're not the enemy, then what are they?

[Arugula Latte]

70. Yes. I'm a woman. They don't think I'm entitled to equal rights. Fuck them.

[Adrahil]

71. As a group? Not really...

Individually? Certainly. Ted Cruz is certainly my enemy, for example.

[hfojvt]

72. I just had the privilege

of cleaning up after a local Republican event.

I was joking before I went to work, that I was reminded of a comic I read as a kid it was called "In the presence of mine enemies"

Then I wondered what that meant. Does it mean that I hate them or does it mean that they hate me, or both?

I don't hate them, for the most part, but some of them do seem to be malevolent or dishonest or otherwise without any honor.

Do they hate me? Or do they just want me to work for lower wages and less benefits and to be forced to retire later and have fewer public services and to pay more for everything I need? If that's not hate, it is close enough for rock and roll.

[Shoulders of Giants]

73. No, life would be pretty shitty if I thought everyone who disagreed with me was an enemy.

[Bucky]

75. I see Republicans as rivals, Republican leaders as hornswagglers, and GOP voters as victims...

victims of domestic policy abuse.

[StopTheNeoCons]

77. Yes...eom

[valerief]

78. I consider oligarchs my enemies. nt

[Lizzie Poppet]

80. Not exactly.

I'm not party-focused. I'm not a Democrat (although I recently changed my party affiliation from I to D so I could vote for Bernie in our primary). I'm almost always an ally of that Party, because as a socialist, they're a lot closer to me than the GOP. Not by a lot for far too long...but closer.

But do I consider RW'ers to be the enemy? Damn right, I do. Misguided and misled, in the case of most working-class conservatives, obviously...but the enemy nevertheless. That's what happens when a group espouses policies with which I strongly disagree, generally refuses compromise (at least when they have any sort of advantage, such as with their domination of Congress), and acts in a manner I consider to be demonstrably harmful to the people.

[etherealtruth]

81. republican party as an entity ....yes

republican leaders and candidates ... Cruz, Rubio, Kasich, (and local ones, Snyder ....) .... yes

Other individuals ..... not so much

[Person 2713]

82. Yes but in my case they started it

[Marr]

83. Opposition, not enemy. /nt

[Gabi Hayes]

84. only since 1933

The Business Plot....extensively discussed at DU

Smedley Butler vs. DuPonts, Rockefeller, etal.

apologies if this has been linked at this thread, but I'm a busy man....gotta attend to my many interests.

[sakabatou]

85. Depends on who it is

[840high]

86. I don't. I think

of them as my fellow Americans who see the world in a different way then I do.

[maxrandb]

87. Of course they are my ENEMY

and they are yours too! Collectively, they are vile and pernicious. No single entity has done more to harm and divide our country than Republicans. They are worse than the KKK and the Manson Family combined.

They are the enemy of reason.

They are the enemy of compassion.

They are the enemy of intelligence.

They are the enemy of enlightenment.

They are the enemy of enmity.

They are the enemy of understanding.

They are the enemy of the living.

They are the enemy to the memory of the dead.

Satan fears them.

They are soulless, dead-eyed zombies.

They are festering sores of puss on the ass of the world.

They are devoted to nothing but power...and they bring nothing bur pestilence.

THAT IS WHY NO MATTER WHO THE DEM NOMINEE IS....I WILL VOTE MY FUCKING ASS OFF TO MAKE SURE WE STOP THEIR MARCH TOWARD COMPLETE AND TOTAL DOMINANCE OVER OUR COUNTRY.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

88. Yep, I do.

[craigmatic]

89. White supremacy, classism, and systemized racism are my enemies. Party isn't important.

There are some non-racist republicans and racist democrats.