Republicans fear 'death threats and Gestapo-like stuff' from Trump fans
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These people have never had to face the consequences of their actions and it shows.
The US has done an absolute metric fuckton of coddling the absolute worst people and it shows.
That's why the state was founded - to violently enforce the disgusting privilege of slavers.
These people are the heirs to that "throne" (ie. toilet).
Even when they did have to face the consequences, you know like Prances with Hawley, they still don't learn.
Maybe y'all should have done some gun control at some point.
Now they're all at the mercy of Trumps fucking brownshirts.
oh look, the inevitable conclusion of what happens when you crave power for power's sake so much that you sell your soul to appeal only to the true believers that your entire political career is 100% dependent on their votes even though you know they're fucking insane and get ultraviolent at the barest perception of being slighted or inconvenienced.
It's the opposite of face-eating leopards. "Surely making myself more appealing to racists and fanatics while empowering them won't eventually lead to any consequences for me!"
Maybe, just maybe, if will dawn on some of them that if their own party is acting like the Gestapo, they are on the wrong side of history.....
Nah, who am I kidding.
This is why you don't radicalize people. The less Trumpy members of the GOP had ample opportunity to speak up and make a change.
In the short term, you get a dedicated, cult-like following. In the longer term, nothing functions -- even the stuff you want to function. Deradicalization takes a lot of time and resources, if you can even get that far.
I sincerely wonder what happens when Trump no longer exists. He is no spring chicken. Are all of these shortsighted politicians just going to bow to Don Jr. when the time comes? Because that's what they have set themselves up for by being either stupid or spineless.
Until they fear anti-fascists more, they will continue to capitulate to fascism.
I hate how true this is. I still won't personally engage in violence out of principle, but the populous as a whole can only take so much before not even Netflix can distract them any longer, especially when the fascist government actively engages in violent behavior against that same populous.
I also hate how most people don't care about what's happening until it personally affects them or someone they know. Like, it's just basic empathy.
Obligatory leopards and faces.
Something weak something hard times something something?
I recall how in 2015 many in the Republican establishment were actually opposed to Trump getting into power. Then, they suddenly flipped and started saying he was the best ever, and have since then. It seems they got here on fear of Trump and his fervent fans and after enabling him for years, they end up... in fear of Trump and his fans.
Good. It's about time they're afraid. It's unfortunate that it took all this to make that happen, but here we are.
Cowards
my brother in christ you made the sandwich
Welcome to the club.
Aw shucks, I'm fresh out of pity for traitors.
Truly, there has never been a more disappointing collection of flaccid chodes. No backbones to speak of in the lot of them.
Well maybe their base will have some local peaceful January 6th style protests in their neighborhoods.
Yeah, I mean they are in the shit now. I guess they should have considered where capitulation puts them. Falling out of windows probably.
You know this might be a sign that the guy's gotta go, maybe it's just me
I hope Magats don’t go after republicans and try to hurt them in any way
This is why I'm constantly hating on the state. I figure that I'm being monitored regardless of its current branding.