Facts Our Party Will Not Officially Admit, That It Must

[Dreamer Tatum]

50. Jeez louise.

1. The preceding "administration" was a dictatorship.

As evidenced by its willingness to leave and transition to another Administration? What a fucking ridiculous statement this is.


2. Failure to understand and publicly acknowledge this, increases the likelihood of a recurrence

So by tautology, any Republican POTUS is a dictator. What magnanimous dictators we've had, subjecting themselves to the same orderly and lawful transition of power we've had since the late 18th century.


3. The militarization of police forces undertaken in the Bush era was not just some kooky right-wing lark with tragic, unintended consequences - it was undertaken in anticipation that Americans would resist when seeing their families, friends, and neighbors being dragged away in the night for political reasons.

The why has the phenomenon only increased in the last 6 years, when a non-dictator has been in charge? Wait, I already know the answer. BHO isn't really in charge. "TBTB" and the "MIC" are.


4. The US media actively silenced nearly all criticism of Bush and his policies. With few and rare exceptions, it behaved as a monolithic propaganda machine regurgitating verbatim talking points from Bush political operatives and neither sought nor tolerated publication/broadcasting of any contrary fact in its coverage. But there was a loophole in that propaganda system out of which grew a strong and vigorous resistance: The internet. That loophole will not exist next time. If we allow things to go that far, we will learn what life is like for the netizens of China and Iran, with critical comments and news articles disappeared the moment they're posted, and lawsuits on the matter dismissed with impunity by conservative courts.

This is simply stupid.


5. An election where the legally eligible voters denied the right to vote outnumber the deciding margin...is a rigged election, and leaders who obtain office in such a way have no right to it. Every time Republicans do this and get away with it, they will take it a step further next time. Eventually they will stop pretending that elections need to occur at all before they assume the powers they grant to themselves via money, corrupt courts, and guns.

You have a faint pulse of a point here.


6. George W. Bush's two Supreme Court appointees are illegitimate due to the dictatorial circumstances of his rule, the naked fraudulence of his original "election," and the deliberately-sought impossibility of verifying the legitimacy of his second. All decisions resting on their votes are null and void, including (but not limited to) Citizens United, the striking down of preclearance provisions of the Voting Rights Act, and (less importantly, but still worth noting) the Hobby Lobby ruling. This is merely in addition to the fundamental illegitimacy and lawlessness of those rulings on their face.

So was the pro-Obamacare ruling fraudulent and illegitimate, too? What about the other ones they got right (according to you, anyway...)


7. The current Republican House "Majority" is illegitimate and has no lawful authority. The American people voted for a Democratic House majority in 2012, and the arbitrarily-drawn districts invented by Republicans simply countermanded their will. There are no valid complicating factors such as a constitutionally-mandated electoral system in this case - the House of Representatives is meant to be representative, and Republicans have thoroughly and treasonously subverted that, making themselves open enemies of freedom and democracy.


Can you expand on this with facts, assuming you can distinguish between fact and opinion?



8. Deliberate attempts to suppress legitimate voting are treason. They are open warfare on the republic and the Constitution. Rights must be asserted and defended as if lives depend on them, because they do.

So far the only thing you've said that makes any sense.