As I said in a comment a few days ago, the R party was perfectly fine with the misogyny, the racism, the xenophobia, the homophobia, the "pick your poison" that Rush, Fox, et al have been pedaling for DECADES as long as they could pivot away to lower taxes, free markets, yada yada yada.......
Now the monster they willingly created and curated isn't behaving in the way they intended. (Hello Dr. Frankenstein) As a country we are going to go through/have been going through some real shit, for a real long time and A LOT of folks are going to being hurt.
I recently read (I think it was Tom Nichols in The Atlantic) that fear is the actual dominant feature of Trump supporters. So, they feel fear and in response they spread fear. Good governance is supposed to ameliorate those base human instincts, with a structure for civility. And sometimes it works that way.
Shout this from the rooftops!!
As I said in a comment a few days ago, the R party was perfectly fine with the misogyny, the racism, the xenophobia, the homophobia, the "pick your poison" that Rush, Fox, et al have been pedaling for DECADES as long as they could pivot away to lower taxes, free markets, yada yada yada.......
Now the monster they willingly created and curated isn't behaving in the way they intended. (Hello Dr. Frankenstein) As a country we are going to go through/have been going through some real shit, for a real long time and A LOT of folks are going to being hurt.
It makes me sad.
And frightened. The Monster has followers who apparently really believe the lies.
I recently read (I think it was Tom Nichols in The Atlantic) that fear is the actual dominant feature of Trump supporters. So, they feel fear and in response they spread fear. Good governance is supposed to ameliorate those base human instincts, with a structure for civility. And sometimes it works that way.