There are no good Republicans anymore – that party has to die off. The Mitt Romneys and Marco Rubios of the world need to abandon that party and become independents, and leave the R party in the dust bin of history. It’s important to understand why, though.
I had suspected for a long time that Republicans were evil, but I didn’t quite have 100% of the proof that I needed to really feel confident in making that kind of sweeping judgment to my own personal satisfaction. Yesterday was a game changer.
I had known for a long time that these people lived in their own zero-sum world based on a false reality that they willfully bought into. If these confederates could simply restrain themselves and confine their worldview to Parler or YouTube, that would be one thing. But when they stormed the Capitol, they tried to invalidate my vote. They tried to invalidate my citizenship. They made it so that I cannot escape the zero-sum world they live in. For the longest time, I’ve known how they feel about me (and most of you): they assume that when we “win” or when we “gain” something, they necessarily lose. That’s not really true, but that’s what they truly believe. Again, if they just believe it and don’t really do anything with that worldview, fine - they can torture themselves all they want. But they proved yesterday that they’re not satisfied with leaving well enough alone. And what it means is this: their zero-sum world, means that I have to live in it with them.
I have no fucking intentions of just sitting by and tolerating it. They fucked with me, and I am not going to turn the other goddamn cheek.