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In reply to the discussion: It's funny that when I ask Republicans what Trump's accomplishments as president were,... [View all]Chainfire
(17,474 posts)The basic underlying them to the modern conservative Republican is racism, based upon fear, and expressed through hatefulness.
A allegorical comparison to many undereducated angry white men, may come from one of the final scenes in The Wizard Of Oz where the Wicked witch, in an effort to totally destroy what she sees as the enemies of evil has been doused with water and is beginning to melt. She she is dying, and her beautiful wickedness is dying with her. White men, so long taught to believe that we are superior beings, entitled to rule the world are melting into the past and it is just too hard for them to accept without a fight.
In the end, the most powerful being of the realm and her supporting army, are brought down by a frail little girl, a scarecrow, a tin man and a cowardly lion. The witch would have referred to them as "sheeple."