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The Real Threat to Democracy Is Not The Big Lie

From Wil Wheaton:

The real threat to democracy is not the Big Lie. It's something worse.

This is not to suggest that election denialism or conspiracy theories are not dangerous; they are, of course. But the House January 6th Committee has reminded us of something important: The whole Big Lie thing is ludicrous, risible, inane bullshit. It is an entire political belief system based on demented theories about Italian satellites, Venezuelan voting machines, and the hallucinations of Mike Lindell.

But that's not the point.

You may have noticed how the various claims from Rudy/Dinesh/[Insert name of insane Republican] are ever-shifting. A bogus charge is made, it is debunked, and it is quickly replaced with the next fabrication, and so on. It's an endless morphing chain of guano-soaked nonsense. But despite the parade of absurdities, no factual refutation ever seems to stick.

Why? Because the lies don't matter. Only the outcome counts.

In other words, millions of Americans don't necessarily believe something crazy and bogus. They believe something much worse.

The Big Lie is the pretext for the refusal to accept the peaceful transfer of power to political opponents who are seen as evil and dangerous.

Forget about the dropboxes, mules, and rigged voting machines; nobody really cares about the votes or the counting of votes. It's not about that; it's about winning — or to be more precise, defeating the enemy.

A subtext of right-wing politics now is that the other side simply cannot be allowed to win. They hate America, they hate God, and they will destroy everything you hold dear.

It's the Flight 93 election forever. It's Jan. 6th … forever.

The Big Lie Is Just the Pretext – by Charlie Sykes

You may have noticed how the various claims from Rudy/Dinesh/[Insert name of insane Republican] are ever-shifting. A bogus charge is made, it is debunked, and it is quickly replaced with the next fabrication, and so on. It's an endless morphing chain of guano-soaked nonsense. But despite the parade of absurdities, no factual refutation ever seems to stick.

Why? Because the lies don't matter. Only the outcome counts.

In other words, millions of Americans don't necessarily believe something crazy and bogus. They believe something much worse.

The Big Lie is the pretext for the refusal to accept the peaceful transfer of power to political opponents who are seen as evil and dangerous

(Source: morningshots.thebulwark.com)

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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…