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In reply to the discussion: And people wonder why we're skeptical about DOJ prosecuting trump et al. Ask James Clyburn: [View all]Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)Thinking you can simply weather authoritarian oppression until the good times come back around in however many years it takes for that to happen is some truly delusional thinking.
This isn't a case of two parties having differing views on how to achieve a shared goal for America.
There are no shared goals for America with people who would impose theocratic/authoritarian laws.
They tried to overthrow the government. They committed sedition. They engaged in insurrection. They attempted a coup - one that is still ongoing, as republican controlled states work to further those aims.
They are working overtime to suppress the vote and control election outcomes.
They are attacking black and brown people, women, and LGBT people both by eroding their rights and through actual physical assaults and murder.
They are creating laws based on their twisted religious beliefs.
They are denying and erasing history to boost the doctrine of white supremacy.
Free-market and don't regulate anything but the uterus Republicans are so determined to impose authoritarian rule they are even attacking corporations for not bowing down to their twisted thinking.
So, sure, go ahead, don't indict, don't prosecute, don't imprison - but also don't tell me how outraged/shocked/surprised/concerned you are by what happens next.
(And I'm not saying they won't - I'm saying the price for not doing so is deadly.)