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It is obvious that the White supremacist movement will continue to strengthen under Trump unless he is
removed. Period. The GOP must stand up to him or they will be complicit in the turmoil, bloodshed, and violence
that comes. They will be complicit in the continuing of the rapid diminishment of the United states of America.
PatrickforO
(14,576 posts)We cannot appease these people, because they simply don't care about human life. They need to be challenged and called out every step of the way.
Nancy Waterman
(6,407 posts)This is all about Appeasement until it is too late. This is what the Republicans have become.
riversedge
(70,239 posts)@GOP analyst Mr. President, good people dont pal around with Nazis & white supremacists http://thehill.com/homenews/media/346751-fox-friends-guest-anyone-who-defends-trump-is-morally-bankrupt #Charlottesville
Eyeball_Kid
(7,432 posts)If the GOP leadership decides to part company with Trumpy, they'd better do it FAST. There is no time to waste. The US public's reaction to the rise of Nazism will be slow and cumulative, but it will result in the stigmatizing of all things Republican as fascist, as affiliated with Nazism. There's no holding back. Trumpy has made it clear: supporting him equates with supporting white supremacy and Nazism.
Hey GOP! Got courage?
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)Eyeball_Kid
(7,432 posts)He's taking off the veil and showing the nation what he wants. For decades, the GOP has danced around their core belief that dog whistles and coded language could sufficiently mask their hatred of cultural diversity and equal protection, AND could be used to strengthen their voting base. Trumpy wiped away the dog whistles and code words and is conveying to the nation that he's all for white supremacy and for the subjugation of non-whites. This is good. Now, we as a nation have no excuses, no weak justifications for supporting closet fascists in the name of Republicanism. Fascists and Nazis are stepping out and showing themselves for who they are. We reject them or we become them. It's that simple.
Paladin
(28,262 posts)ElementaryPenguin
(7,800 posts)trotsky
(49,533 posts)An honest look will require admitting THEY stoked this shit for decades. It started with Nixon's Southern Strategy and has only gotten worse. Convincing poor white folks that it's minorities and liberals who are DESTROYING AMERICA. Creating their own media (FOX) to hammer home the message and ratchet up the fear. That woman who McCain corrected back in 2008 when she said Obama was a Muslim who hated America? She was truly *afraid* because she had been told to be.
The racists and Nazis and all those assholes are as strong and vocal as they are today because of Republican propaganda, plain and simple.
Fluke a Snooker
(404 posts)Until it is destroyed, the Republican Party is, has been, and always will be, America's ULTIMATE Hate Crime against Humanity.