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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAbout the racists and their "We want our country back" shit
Their country? The country in which white "Christians," from the moment they set foot on this continent, slaughtered every indigenous human being they could find? The country to which black people were kidnapped and brought to as slaves? The country in which the racists and haters have made hatred and racism acceptable to far too many? The country in which the future of our freedoms and our democracy might be gone in an instant?
"We want our country back," is the crazed meme/scream/cry of insanity, that they are throwing in our faces. We, the sane majority. We, the ones who want to live in a peaceful, just world. We The People.
Three weeks from today, we'll find out if they've managed to peddle their lies to enough people; if they've worked enough voters into a self-destructive frenzy; if they've drawn out the hatreds of far too many; if fascism can triumph in America.
Many pundits like to talk about a "slippery slope." Well, that "slippery slope" has turned into the edge of an eroding cliff. Perhaps we can vote ourselves off that edge. But if we can't, the fall into darkness will be the stuff of our worst nightmares. And we all know how that fall ends.
So what is this rant about? A warning of the veil of evil that is trying to descend upon us. Another setback to human sanity. The possible end of our progress in becoming a more highly evolved species.
agingdem
(7,857 posts)he allowed them to openly harass, maim, and kill "the other" with impunity, brandish their assault weapons, shout racial and ethnic slurs, storm the capital, bludgeon police officers, smear feces on the capital walls, erect a gallows, hunt Mike Pence/Nancy Pelosi...they miss their unapologetic out-in-the-open loathing for Blacks/Hispanics/Jews/Asians/Native American/Muslims/LGBTQ/Democrats/women/the poor and disabled...Trump gave them that and they want it back...
electric_blue68
(14,934 posts)dchill
(38,532 posts)alwaysinasnit
(5,072 posts)Cyrano
(15,057 posts)Most of those who scream, "I want my country back," don't know that they are mere pawns in a game being played by a very few. The name of that game is "I Want to be King of the World." The Koch's are among those players. So is Trump and others whose names we don't even know. And there is never a shortage of clueless fools to help them.