We fear they will win. Yet, they don't fear us, the majority. [View all]
The wingnut factor of the Republican Party has been with us for centuries. From slavery, through the Civil War, to the Klan's dominance in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, to the American Nazis who wanted us to side with Germany during WWII, to the McCarthy Congressional hearings of the 1950's, thru Jim Crow, thru Nixon's "Southern Strategy." thru Reagan's amiable bigoted ignorance, to the SCOTUS appointing George W. president in 2000, and now, through the Trump era of insanity.
They have always been a vocal minority, backed by the interests of some of the most malignant members of the ultra-wealthy and powerful.
Today, they are in a position where their goal is in reach. The destruction of democracy. Trump is so ignorant that he isn't even aware that they exist and that he is the fulcrum they've always wanted. Nonetheless, they are more than willing to use a clueless, ignorant buffoon to accomplish their ends.
And now, Trump, their unknowing puppet, has turned the entire Republican Party into a cult that dares not betray him in public. He has told us what he will be and do if/when he wins (steals) the presidency. And we are living in fear of that.
Why aren't they living in fear? Because we don't make threats? Because we don't openly carry arms? Because we don't adorn ourselves and our vehicles to proclaim our patriotism? IMO, they are greatly underestimating us. After the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese admiral who planned and lead the deadly attack said:
"I believe all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve."
Is the fascist element of American society making this same deadly error?
IMO, yes.
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