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In reply to the discussion: "When Trump came for Mexicans I did not speak out.. " [View all]Cha
(320,319 posts)12. Exactly.. how unbearably sad but true. Good piece at the link of the graphic I posted..
Well, Il Douche went full Nazi yesterday. At a rally, he proposed banning all Muslims from entering the US. The crowd, of course, went wild.
Various GOP grandees clutched their pearls and averred that this was unconstitutional, un-American, and bad politics. Even Dick Darth Vader Cheney snapped back at Il Douche. (Of course, he was probably mostly concerned with his rich Saudi friends not being able to visit him at his secure, undisclosed location.)
Forgive me if I take their protestations with an ounce of salt.
The GOP, for 50 years, has covertly stoked racism among the white working class, the people who feel disenfranchised since the social justice movements of the 1960s and who form the bedrock of the Republican voting base. As a wise Republican once said, you can no longer say nigger, but you can say welfare queen, or forced busing. The code is understood.
What Il Douche has done is say Screw the code words and come out full bore on the racist angle. If you thought it would stop with his anti-Latino diatribes, you were sorely mistaken. (They came for the Latinos, and I did nothing, for I was not from Mexico.)
Various GOP grandees clutched their pearls and averred that this was unconstitutional, un-American, and bad politics. Even Dick Darth Vader Cheney snapped back at Il Douche. (Of course, he was probably mostly concerned with his rich Saudi friends not being able to visit him at his secure, undisclosed location.)
Forgive me if I take their protestations with an ounce of salt.
The GOP, for 50 years, has covertly stoked racism among the white working class, the people who feel disenfranchised since the social justice movements of the 1960s and who form the bedrock of the Republican voting base. As a wise Republican once said, you can no longer say nigger, but you can say welfare queen, or forced busing. The code is understood.
What Il Douche has done is say Screw the code words and come out full bore on the racist angle. If you thought it would stop with his anti-Latino diatribes, you were sorely mistaken. (They came for the Latinos, and I did nothing, for I was not from Mexico.)
More @ http://theobamadiary.com/2015/12/08/the-first-time-as-tragedy-the-second-time-as-farce/
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hitler is used disingenuously too much to compare to people.. but NOT in this Case.
Cha
Dec 2015
#11
Donald Trump Has Gone Full Nazi - And If The GOP Doesn't Repudiate It They Own It
napkinz
Dec 2015
#18
The gop is "worriedd II douche is going to mess up their majority in the Senate and congress"..
Cha
Dec 2015
#24
if next year we actually take back both the House and Senate, and win the presidency
napkinz
Dec 2015
#32
Exactly.. how unbearably sad but true. Good piece at the link of the graphic I posted..
Cha
Dec 2015
#12
Republican once said you can no longer say n***** but "forced busing and states rights" ...
napkinz
Dec 2015
#19
Yes, and one of our Black Members here was accused of having "lee atwater tactics" because he
Cha
Dec 2015
#25
I know exactly what you mean, lunamagica.. that's the way I've described some of these
Cha
Dec 2015
#27
Thanks for going back to the original Pastor Niemoller quote. It's good to be reminded...
Hekate
Dec 2015
#28
Thanks for yallerdawg.. the gop started this environment of exclusion .. now trump is perfecting it.
Cha
Dec 2015
#34
Suddenly the Daily News is awesome. I've started buying it every day. I never have
Squinch
Dec 2015
#33