Your problem is you believe an entire political party is “fascist”. I can promise you this is not this case for the vast majority of Republicans. Republicans are not fascist by any stretch of the definition. So, like them, you are making assumptions about a cohort without ever taking the time to converse with them. You can disagree with me all you want but you’re just proving my point.
Keyword: “de facto”. The GOP is lacking leadership just as badly as the Democratic Party is. (I’d go as far to say Biden is a better Republican leader than he is a Democrat.)
It’s frightening to observe the assumptions people have of others based on headlines and video clips representing a small fraction of an immense community. What you read in “the news” and on social media does not represent the majority of Americans. If we don’t take the time to get to know each other, we are most certainly barreling towards a civil war. I mean, sure, lots of people are stupid but stupid doesn’t equate to evil and oppressive.
We’ve already seen the pushback by republicans on abortion legislation and book banning and it was the Republican party who tried to keep Trump off the ballot. Trump and fascism does not represent the GOP.
Unless you’re willing and able to get to know people who have different opinions than you and sit down and have a real exchange of ideas, you’re not a solution, you’re a problem.
The problem we face is that they’re saying the exact same thing and no one wants to acknowledge the other and meet in the middle to negotiate.
There is no way to “meet in the middle” with fascists. It’s becoming a zero-sum game over every issue. If the fascists win, we all lose.
Your problem is you believe an entire political party is “fascist”. I can promise you this is not this case for the vast majority of Republicans. Republicans are not fascist by any stretch of the definition. So, like them, you are making assumptions about a cohort without ever taking the time to converse with them. You can disagree with me all you want but you’re just proving my point.
“By disagreeing with me, you prove me right” is some truly schoolyard level intelligence.
Is Trump a fascist? Yes.
Is Trump the de facto leader of the Republican party? Yes.
If it walks like a duck…
Keyword: “de facto”. The GOP is lacking leadership just as badly as the Democratic Party is. (I’d go as far to say Biden is a better Republican leader than he is a Democrat.)
It’s frightening to observe the assumptions people have of others based on headlines and video clips representing a small fraction of an immense community. What you read in “the news” and on social media does not represent the majority of Americans. If we don’t take the time to get to know each other, we are most certainly barreling towards a civil war. I mean, sure, lots of people are stupid but stupid doesn’t equate to evil and oppressive.
We’ve already seen the pushback by republicans on abortion legislation and book banning and it was the Republican party who tried to keep Trump off the ballot. Trump and fascism does not represent the GOP.
Unless you’re willing and able to get to know people who have different opinions than you and sit down and have a real exchange of ideas, you’re not a solution, you’re a problem.
It is up to the GOP to show this, not everybody else to act like it’s true.