Category: Fuck Republicans

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Oh So Relatable, Especially After Yesterday

From Greg Fallis:

I've resisted hate. At least I've tried to resist hate. I told myself that hate is a pointless, futile emotion, that it only gets in the way, that it warps the process of thought, that it clouds judgment and leads to bad decisions. I've told myself that hate harms the hater more than the hated.

I still think that's true. But I don't care anymore.

It was difficult at first, but I came to accept the fact that I hated Donald Trump. I don't need to list all the reasons for hating him — you're probably aware of them, they've been pretty clear for most of his life. But man I resisted admitting to myself that I hated him. Actually hated him. I still hate him, of course. Hate is fucking hard to turn off. But that doesn't matter, because I have no desire to stop hating Trump.

One of the problems with hate is that once you get the hang of it, it's easy. It gets harder to resist. Trump taught me to hate. Today I hate Republicans. Right now, as I sit here and type this, I hate Republicans. Not just the Republicans who've voted in ways I disagree with, not just Republicans who hold public office at any level, not just the Republican Party — right now, this moment, I hate every person who voted for any Republican in the last five years, Make it ten years. I don't think this hate will be as persistent as my hatred for Trump; I suspect this generalized hatred will subside over time. But right now, at this particularly painful point in time, I hate them.

They're all complicit, every Republican, every one of them. The epidemic of gun violence in the US, that's on Republicans. The erosion of civil rights and liberties, that's on Republicans. The rise in hate crime against Asians, Jews, Women, Black people, trans people, Muslims, gay folks — that's on Republicans. The rise of asshole billionaires, that's on Republicans. The health care desert that so many people live in, that's on Republicans. The collapse of representative democracy, that's on Republicans and I fucking hate them for it.

I've learned to hate. I'm ashamed of it, but there it is. I've become a hater. I hate that they've taught me to hate. I feel diminished by that hate; I feel tainted because of it. I hate, but I'm still resisting being hateful. It's bad enough to hate, to act on that hate…at that point, you're probably lost. I know it's possible to come back from that, but it wouldn't be easy.

Working to defeat Republicans, however, isn't hateful. It's just necessary. If your foot becomes infected and gangrene sets it, you don't amputate your foot because you hate it. You do it because it's necessary for survival. Republicans are political gangrene; they are necrotic tissue on the body of representative democracy.

That's where I am now. Right now. Today. I hate Republicans. But that's not the reason I want them removed from political power and authority; I want them removed because that's the only way to salvage democracy in the United States.

Fuck Republicans.

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We Knew It Was Coming, But It's Still a Punch to the Gut

And mark my words, they aren't stopping with Roe. Clarence "Uncle Tom" Thomas writes in a concurring opinion that the Supreme Court should also reconsider Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell — the rulings that now protect contraception, same-sex relationships, and same-sex marriage.

Funny how he didn't mention out Loving vs. Virginia…

 

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Let The Bastards Go

From Green Eagle:

In the one-party State of Texas, the Republicans are now calling for a vote to secede from the United States. As the Republican party has an absolute lock on the State's government, it is almost inevitable that this vote will take place in 2023, as they are suggesting.

People who intend to secede from the United States have no long term interest in our country's welfare, and have no right to participate in any decision-making process on the Federal level. We should demand the following:

If the ruling Republican party does indeed commit itself to secession, the vote must be held immediately- no chance for them to milk the rest of us dry on the way out the door.

If the secession vote in Texas passes, we should immediately accede to their demand, and remove them from the United States. This means: no Senators or Congressmen from Texas; an immediate withdrawal of all US military from the State, an immediate cessation of all Federal assistance, monetary or in any other form, to the new country; imposition of strict border controls on Texas, similar to those which Republicans demand along the rest of our Southern border; revocation of citizenship for all Texans; strict tariffs imposed on all imports from Texas, and a whole host of other actions that we can think up.

I am positive that the intent of Texans is to continue to receive the massive benefits that come to them as citizens of the United States, while refusing to pay Federal taxes or otherwise cooperate with any Federal law they disagree with. This must not be allowed. If they secede, they must survive on their own, including providing for their own defense with no more assistance from the United States than Mexico or Argentina, for example, can expect. It must be made clear to Texans that if their new country is invaded, we will not lift a finger to defend them, except as that defense is in our own interest. When they become a threat to our own security, we will treat them like any other enemy country. Let them look to their new Russian friends to assist them when the inevitable internal or external threats arise.

Republicans have been threatening for years to take their ball and go home if they do not get exactly what they want in the way of a whites-only no-taxes society. It's time to give them a chance to see how that works out. They'd just better not expect us to take them back when things go to hell in their new fascist dictatorship.

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"Beware the Homosexual Agenda"

Did we all just get sent back to the 1990s?

This Neolithic mindset may play well with the 10-11% of the population who are the Republican base, but everyone else has moved on.

New Texas GOP Platform Declares Homosexuality "Abnormal Lifestyle Choice"

It also opposes "all efforts to validate transgender identity," and supports "Reintegrative Therapy" to eliminate "unwanted same-sex attraction."

By Mary Pappenfuss | Jun 19, 2022

In a giant step into the dark ages, the newly adopted platform of the Texas Republican Party now officially declares that homosexuality is an "abnormal choice."

The shocking platform, voted on by 5,100 delegates and alternates Saturday at the party's biennial convention in Houston, also affirms Texas Republicans' opposition to "all efforts to validate transgender identity" ― and calls for a ban on any gender-affirming medical care, including hormone therapy, for anyone under the age of 21.

Yet the platform supports debunked and dangerous conversion therapy — which it terms "Reintegrative Therapy" — to turn members of the LGBTQ community into heterosexuals and eliminate "unwanted same-sex attraction."

The platform spells out other positions explicitly opposed to the LGBTQ community under its section on "Homosexuality and Gender Issues." It opposes offering any special protections for members of the LGBTQ community, and renounces penalties for those who discriminate against the community.

Delegates at the convention were peppered with flyers attacking the LGBTQ community, including one warning: "Beware of the Homosexual Agenda."

[more…if you can stomach it]

And once again I say we just dig a 5-mile wide moat around the Texas border and say "Buh-Bye!"

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They Will NEVER Admit It

I fear it's going to take Republican members of congress—or members of their families—getting shot in a mass shooting event to get any kind of gun control passed at this point.

And even then I'm not fully convinced it would happen.