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DemocracyMouse

(2,275 posts)
Fri Jan 5, 2018, 08:53 PM Jan 2018

What Are They???

All the Republicans who are protecting Trump (which is virtually all of them), radically shifting the nation's wealth to themselves and the 1%, undermining the US Constitution, and enabling the poisoning of our rivers, seas and minds.... these people AREN'T CONSERVING ANYTHING. They have bypassed all the loving, humanitarian principles of the Bible they claim to hold so dear. They aren't conservatives by any reasonable definition of that word.

So technically speaking, WHAT ARE THEY?

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What Are They??? (Original Post) DemocracyMouse Jan 2018 OP
Do you want me to include the 4 letter words as well BigmanPigman Jan 2018 #1
the term "national socialist german workers' party" didn't really describe the nazi party either. unblock Jan 2018 #2
Let me think on it summer_in_TX Jan 2018 #4
just like the "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" JI7 Jan 2018 #9
I keep it simple.... dhill926 Jan 2018 #3
I agree with all of the above but what neutral moniker would work for the main stream? DemocracyMouse Jan 2018 #5
Criminals onecaliberal Jan 2018 #6
But what label could lift consciousness outside lefty circles? DemocracyMouse Jan 2018 #7
Traitors. N/T CottonBear Jan 2018 #8
"Red Devils" fits pretty good. KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2018 #10
Traitors GeorgeGist Jan 2018 #11

BigmanPigman

(51,593 posts)
1. Do you want me to include the 4 letter words as well
Fri Jan 5, 2018, 08:55 PM
Jan 2018

and should I list the words alphabetically? Can I include names? Is there a limit (under 25 words, under 50)?

summer_in_TX

(2,738 posts)
4. Let me think on it
Fri Jan 5, 2018, 09:16 PM
Jan 2018

Religio-Fascists
Reactionaries
Pseudochristian fascists
Soul-shriveled grinches
Power-seeking Pharisees



I could go on… ad infinitum.

DemocracyMouse

(2,275 posts)
7. But what label could lift consciousness outside lefty circles?
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 01:46 AM
Jan 2018

"Criminal" and "fascist" and "hypocrite" etc., would only alienate the Republican base. We need a dry, socio-economic term that says in a nutshell "people who serve the rich with no demonstrated commitment to preserving tradition, democracy or national coherence."

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,491 posts)
10. "Red Devils" fits pretty good.
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 02:52 AM
Jan 2018

DM, I understand your quest and it's a difficult one. For around 60-years of my recollection, repugs have abused the English language for their ends. They have totally adulterated the meaning of words such as conservative, freedom and liberty, and they have taken many other useful words hostage.

No good answer from here right off the bat, but perhaps these descriptors will stir our thinking:

1. Greedy.
2. Elitist.
3. Autocratic.
4. Authoritarian.
5. Plutocratic.
6. Oligarchic.
7. Psychopathic.
8. Sociopathic.
9. Selfish.
10. Self-centered.
11. Hypocritical.
12. Racist.
13. Misogynistic.
14. Power mad/power hungry.
15. Fear driven.
16. LIAR.
17. Deceitful.
18. Hateful.

Combine all that into one word and you have "Republican", LOL.

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