Once upon a time, the GOP stood for limited government.But now it stands only for Trump and his authoritarian neofascism. It demands total loyalty to him.The...
Robert Reich articulated something that has been bouncing around my head since 2016
I mean trump now does seem even more crazy. that dog and pony show and talk about line up. seems when trump says suck dick republicans of today reply how deep.
I don’t know. I think there was some gas thrown on the fire with the Tea Party horseshit. Electing a black two-term President really seemed to have brought the crazy to a boiling point.
My theory is that the tea party didn’t have much do with a black president. It was around that time that social media really took off, and we saw the start of what is now a constant and organised firehose of conservative bullshit spread across it. And there’s an audience receptive to that bullshit.
The Republican Party is now under the control of people who have been immersed in that environment. And it’s only going to get worse.
I think about how there use to be that one guy at the library or the gas station talking to themselves and now they are at home leading the interenet crazy.
That party was over back in 2010 when they invited tea party in
nah. its been a steady decline. reagan to newt to bush jr to mcconel to trump. every time I can’t think there is any lower to sink it just gets worse.
And now?
I mean trump now does seem even more crazy. that dog and pony show and talk about line up. seems when trump says suck dick republicans of today reply how deep.
They don’t even need to, their tiny mouths fits perfectly
I don’t know. I think there was some gas thrown on the fire with the Tea Party horseshit. Electing a black two-term President really seemed to have brought the crazy to a boiling point.
My theory is that the tea party didn’t have much do with a black president. It was around that time that social media really took off, and we saw the start of what is now a constant and organised firehose of conservative bullshit spread across it. And there’s an audience receptive to that bullshit.
The Republican Party is now under the control of people who have been immersed in that environment. And it’s only going to get worse.
I think about how there use to be that one guy at the library or the gas station talking to themselves and now they are at home leading the interenet crazy.