Being educated at a very left liberal arts college, it’s been wild to see the Republican party accuse the media of non-stop of lying. That was a totally leftist stuff even 10-15 years ago. it’s also wild to watch the Republicans embrace full-throated election denial. While not embraced by the Democratic party, the de facto position on th…
Being educated at a very left liberal arts college, it’s been wild to see the Republican party accuse the media of non-stop of lying. That was a totally leftist stuff even 10-15 years ago. it’s also wild to watch the Republicans embrace full-throated election denial. While not embraced by the Democratic party, the de facto position on the very left was that W stole the election from Gore. I was even assigned “The Best Democracy Money Can Buy” by Greg Palast in my first politics class.
Also popular among the very left was that Bush knew and 9/11 was planned. Conspiracies are part and parcel with Republican thought today.
So blaming America first? This party is truly embracing the left’s worst impulses. And yes, the Democratic party had made progress in drifting away from them. Not enough and not in a unified enough way, but the contrast is stark. MAGA Republicans are simply unpatriotic. Straight up.
What's wilder is that the Blame America First right-wingers are people who have presented themselves as more patriotic than their opponents. They told us that Trump is great first of all because he truly, unapologetically "loves America," unlike his critics. Maybe they didn't notice that he calls America a laughingstock when he's not in charge and corrupt when he doesn't get his way.
Or they did notice, and they agree. They too believe that every institution that doesn't submit to Donald Trump and doesn't give him and them what they want is corrupt. They love the America of the past, or a more prefect America of their imagination, but not the actual America of the present. They'll say that the majority of Americans today are "not Americans in any meaningful sense," or that anyone who opposes the left cannot side with America because America today IS the left.
Add in the conviction of being on God's side, and you have the rationale for a "righteous remnant" to wage war on America -- while ostentatiously waving the American flag.
Being educated at a very left liberal arts college, it’s been wild to see the Republican party accuse the media of non-stop of lying. That was a totally leftist stuff even 10-15 years ago. it’s also wild to watch the Republicans embrace full-throated election denial. While not embraced by the Democratic party, the de facto position on the very left was that W stole the election from Gore. I was even assigned “The Best Democracy Money Can Buy” by Greg Palast in my first politics class.
Also popular among the very left was that Bush knew and 9/11 was planned. Conspiracies are part and parcel with Republican thought today.
So blaming America first? This party is truly embracing the left’s worst impulses. And yes, the Democratic party had made progress in drifting away from them. Not enough and not in a unified enough way, but the contrast is stark. MAGA Republicans are simply unpatriotic. Straight up.
What's wilder is that the Blame America First right-wingers are people who have presented themselves as more patriotic than their opponents. They told us that Trump is great first of all because he truly, unapologetically "loves America," unlike his critics. Maybe they didn't notice that he calls America a laughingstock when he's not in charge and corrupt when he doesn't get his way.
Or they did notice, and they agree. They too believe that every institution that doesn't submit to Donald Trump and doesn't give him and them what they want is corrupt. They love the America of the past, or a more prefect America of their imagination, but not the actual America of the present. They'll say that the majority of Americans today are "not Americans in any meaningful sense," or that anyone who opposes the left cannot side with America because America today IS the left.
Add in the conviction of being on God's side, and you have the rationale for a "righteous remnant" to wage war on America -- while ostentatiously waving the American flag.
Well yes, for sure. The faulty beliefs from the very left still pale in comparison to the fascism of the MAGA right. You described it perfectly.
1. The term 'real American' (that they use) is disgusting when even the briefest of thought is put to it.
2. For the right it seems to be No True Scotsman all the way down.