Quote from: Crewe on January 20, 2021, 03:07:52 PMQuote from: BojackHorsefella on January 20, 2021, 12:46:46 PMQuote from: BojackHorsefella on January 07, 2021, 03:18:45 PMQuote from: Crewe on January 07, 2021, 02:53:13 PM
Is it really biting them in the ass though?
I think it will, because I think we may be seeing the beginnings of a GOP split here (I imagine that A) similar statements were made during the Tea Party days and B) I may end up being proven wrong), but there have been plenty of calls from these purely Trump-supporting Republicans for a "Patriot Party." They see the GOP as establishment dinosaurs and, essentially, Trumpism as the future. Will it happen? I don't know, but obviously it would cripple the GOP if it did.
That being said, I'd ASSUME if we saw such a split in the GOP, the Dems may take advantage for a moment, but would eventually see their own (but, I hope, less violent) split between establishment Dems and the DSA types, and maybe, finally, we'll break out of the two party system. Toss in a Voting Rights Act and Ranked Choice Voting, and I don't entirely have any issues with this.
But yeah, cops are white supremacists and our institutions were found with the superiority of the white race in mind, so, you're probably not wrong and while there may be "consequences," there likely won't be accountability for these individuals.
https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-considers-starting-new-patriot-party-wsj-2021-1
And so it may be....
I doubt Trump would start doing what he said he was going to do now that he's out.
Since his minions didnt get their pardon, I doubt the rest are dumb enough to act on his behalf in such a manner now.
Well, now that I think about it, never mind.
I struggle with this one - how did so many people that I love, some of whom I respected - completely fall into the Trump cult and believe the easily disproven lies he peddled in the last year? These are people I've known my whole life, and when it came to politics, we rarely agreed, but I worked hard to see their point and I believe they saw mine.
But this last year they've devolved into indefensible, rambling, easily manipulated chumps - doubling down on the absolute stupidest things.
Did I think of them too highly all along? Are Trump and his ilk truly master manipulators? What role did the fear and constant stress of the pandemic/lockdown play? Can they ever come back to reality?
I don't know the answers, but like I said, I struggle. Saying they are "stupid" seems like an easy way out, but what else do you call it? I'm leaning towards "easily manipulated" but to me, that's scarier because that's a problem much more difficult to solve. :-(
Anyway, at least their leader has retreated to Florida and has been temporarily marginalized. But what is next? And how do I engage with family and friends for whom my respect has taken a nosedive over the last year?