I read something this morning from Robert Reich that I thought was exactly right: "Democracy is about means. Under it, citizens don’t have to agree on ends (abortion, health care, guns, or whatever else we disagree about) as long as we agree on democratic means for handling our disagreements.
But for Trump Republicans, the ends justify whatever means they choose —including expelling lawmakers, rigging elections through gerrymandering, refusing to raise the debt ceiling, and denying the outcome of a legitimate presidential election."
This last paragraph is spot on. In their warped minds it's a fight of politcal good over political evil, or from a religious view a fight of religious good over religious evil. Whatever it takes to get "good" to triumph is justified. Hate, lying, violence, cheating, mocking, etc.
It's why even so-called "normie" Republicans, when pressed, will all say they will vote for Trump if he's their nominee because the alternative of electing an evil, satanic, fanatical Democrats (like Joe Biden!) would mean the end of civilization as we know it. I wish just once when they say this that a journalist would press them on specifics.
I read something this morning from Robert Reich that I thought was exactly right: "Democracy is about means. Under it, citizens don’t have to agree on ends (abortion, health care, guns, or whatever else we disagree about) as long as we agree on democratic means for handling our disagreements.
But for Trump Republicans, the ends justify whatever means they choose —including expelling lawmakers, rigging elections through gerrymandering, refusing to raise the debt ceiling, and denying the outcome of a legitimate presidential election."
This last paragraph is spot on. In their warped minds it's a fight of politcal good over political evil, or from a religious view a fight of religious good over religious evil. Whatever it takes to get "good" to triumph is justified. Hate, lying, violence, cheating, mocking, etc.
It reminds me of the Crusades for some reason.
It's why even so-called "normie" Republicans, when pressed, will all say they will vote for Trump if he's their nominee because the alternative of electing an evil, satanic, fanatical Democrats (like Joe Biden!) would mean the end of civilization as we know it. I wish just once when they say this that a journalist would press them on specifics.