I self-identify as a conservative (not on every issue, but enough of them), but I absolutely do not self-identify as a Republican. I used to, back in the day, but not anymore. As such, I really couldn’t find much to disagree with in your post. If anything, in some respects I’d go further. You restricted your criticism to the party itself, but the root cause of the party’s problems is that too many republican voters live in an alternate reality. I could write 20,000 words on the mass psychological dysfunction that’s gripped the republican base in the last ten years, but it’ll suffice to say that only one side has shirtless Vikings stalking the halls of Congress. Only one side is electing absolute fuckwits like Lauren Boebert, preppie psychopaths like Madison Cawthorn, and bona-fide howl-at-the-moon lunatics like Marjorie Taylor Greene. And only one side has a base that’s formed a personality cult around a carnival barking pathological liar that’s so devoted that they’ll literally die for him just because he owns the libs on Twitter.
I don’t agree that the republican party should be disbanded, but that’s partly because I’m worried that if it splits in two, the sensible faction will be overwhelmed by the idiots and everything will get even worse. To fix the republican party, we need to somehow fix the republican base. Unfortunately, I have absolutely no idea how to do that.
What I think would be optimal would be if the sensible conservatives joined the Democratic party. Then we have the party of sensible people against the non-sense.
If, and hopefully soon, the Trump following republican party implodes, then the Democratic party can split up along ideological lines, and hopefully have two parties that oppose eachother on policies and ideals, not on reality itself.
It’s a pipedream, I know. But it also seems to be the only way to salvage our country without us ending up in a civil war.
I think they have to be deplatformed somehow, which isn’t easy. But there has to be a way, a movement that pushes back on the idea that they should be allowed to say whatever they want on Fox and on social media. I don’t necessarily believe the adage that more speech outcompetes outrageously bad speech – toxic speech can outcompete ‘good’ speech. At the same time, I don’t think the solution is a knee jerk reaction that involves outright attempts at brute force censorship either.
All is right with the world. They’re thinking about changing the name from detention centers to reception centers. That’ll fix it! Mr. Orwell would be proud.
One comedian had this to say about people who freak out when propositioned by someone of the same gender: “You do not have to say yes”. Nobody’s making these idiots get married to someone of the same gender.
In particular, one official said, the new name would mark the Biden administration’s intention to use the “reception centers” not for holding people in custody, but for serving as sending-off points for releasing migrants into the United States.
“These facilities are going up, but they’re being utilized differently. The direction is very clear. Release them as fast as possible,” said the first person.
So they’re renaming them because they’re going to have a different purpose, which is not to be evil like the Trump administration.
You skipped over the earlier statement, and your argument, such as it is, hasn’t been proven.
Direct quote:
“Biden officials are considering naming the facilities “reception centers,” according to three people familiar with the discussions, on the logic that the name is less harsh-sounding.”
Whats fucked up is as recently as 2006, when the voting rights act was up for reauthorization and it passed 390-33 in the house and 98-0 in the senate.
That would never pass in 2021. The GOP would do everything they could to block it. The GOP has gone authoritarian rather rapidly. I thought another study showed a major move towards authoritarianism in the GOP in just the last 20 years.
But its the same GOP politicians for the most part who are in congress.
Will it ever get better or will it just keep getting worse? Will it get better when older white people die off? Who knows.
If they’ve changed the purpose of the centers, why shoudn’t they rename them? You imply that renaming them will not fix the problems, but you ignore the fact that they are also trying to fix the problems.
Biden inherited a problem that Trump was also confronted with, and one that neither president created. There’s a crisis in Central America, which is causing dislocation. The difference is that one president is at least trying to handle it humanely, not boasting about how he’s keeping immigrants out.
If anything, Biden’s actions shoot holes in the theory that Democrats are for open borders. Not that I expect you to acknowledge that, though.
Maybe it’s just the msn reporting, but that article implies that the first reason was to make it less harsh sounding. Changing the focus of the centers was listed secondarily.
Bruh, you have a documented history of taking snippets and taking them out of context. You don’t respond to legitimate questions or posts. Fuck yourself.