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Author: Raine    Date: 05/16/2022 12:58:20

Seriously, this is not even a theory, Americans must acknowledge that the only way to stop this fast-growing White nationalism, fascism, -- whatever you want to call it -- is to replace them with moral people. I am talking about the politicians that promote hate. Take NYS representative and the third-highest republican official in Congress, Elise Stefanik as just one example. She has been pushing CRT, Critical Race Theory, in a series of face book ads.

This article (no paywall) explains:
While Stefanik has not pushed the theory by name, she and other conservatives have echoed the tenets of the far-right ideology as part of anti-immigrant rhetoric that has fired up the Republican base ahead of the midterm elections. (snip)

Kinzinger was referring to a series of Facebook ads published in September 2021 by Stefanik’s campaign committee that charged that Democrats were allowing undocumented immigrants into the United States as a ploy to outnumber, and eventually silence, Republican voters.

“Radical Democrats are planning their most aggressive move yet: a PERMANENT ELECTION INSURRECTION,” reads one of the ads, which shows a reflection of migrants in sunglasses Biden is wearing. “Their plan to grant amnesty to 11 MILLION illegal immigrants will overthrow our current electorate and create a permanent liberal majority in Washington.”

It’s a similar argument frequently espoused by Fox News host Tucker Carlson, leading the Anti-Defamation League to repeatedly call for his firing since April 2021 after he appeared to endorse the concept during one of his segments. (snip)

Other Republicans in Congress have been pushing the theory in more explicit terms. Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), the current chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, said during a subcommittee hearing examining migration from Central America last year that many Americans believe “we’re replacing national-born American — native-born Americans — to permanently transform the political landscape of this very nation.”

After the ADL again called for Carlson’s firing in September, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) came to his defense, saying in a tweet the Fox News host “is CORRECT about Replacement Theory as he explains what is happening to America.”
As you can see, the party is filled with this rhetoric. This doesn't begin to discuss what is happening in the states and microlocal elections. It's only gotten more amplified and as witnessed AGAIN this weekend, and more deadly.
Like other forms of fascism, Trumpism is fueled by violent hostility toward "the Other," however that is defined. Today's Republican Party is America and the world's largest white identity and white supremacist organization. Ever since Trump first launched his candidacy in 2015, America has seen a great increase in hate crimes and other racially motivated violence directed against Black and brown people, Jewish people, Muslims, LGBTQ people and other minority groups. Encouraged by Trump's rhetoric and the literal and symbolic power of his presidency, white supremacists and other members of the global right have committed numerous mass shootings and other acts of terrorist violence.

Donald Trump infamously described the white supremacists who rampaged in Charlottesville in 2017 as "very fine people." Three summers later, he disparaged supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement as un-American traitors. At his campaign rallies, Trump has repeatedly encouraged violence against protesters and other supposed enemies.
From John Cooper:
There are NOT “very fine people” on the other side. They are racists, homophobes, anti-Semites, misogynists, criminals, insurrectionists, white nationalists and traitors.

It is time to replace the hate. Do it at the voting booth, and call it out when you see it, hear it or experience it. Like this guy:



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Comment by Raine on 05/16/2022 13:17:16
You can only consider “replacement theory” if you already believe there are classes of people that are better than others.

If people are just people, the factual statement, there can’t be replacement.


Random Twitter person.

Comment by Will_in_LA on 05/16/2022 13:55:23
I am saddened by the events in Buffalo but I am no longer all that surprised.

We have people committed to making others in our countries enemies. Daily Kos has a good blog talking more about replacement theory, which has emerged from rhetoric dating back to the 1990s.

As a Jew and a student of history, I hear echoes of past waves of racism in this country and elsewhere. It has been noted by political scientists that authoritarians need to have external enemies and internal enemies. Trumpism is making those of different colors, backgrounds, and beliefs into the internal enemies of those who see themselves on a mission to save America from the Other. Heaven help us all.

Comment by Scoopster on 05/16/2022 15:09:28
Mornin' all!

I heard this morning on NPR that more than HALF of the people who have died of COVID since the vaccine first became widely available in the US were folks who had misguided beliefs about vaccines.

These lives were killed by reactionary media like Tucker Carlson and the Republican Party.

Comment by Raine on 05/16/2022 15:13:13
Quote by Scoopster:
Mornin' all!

I heard this morning on NPR that more than HALF of the people who have died of COVID since the vaccine first became widely available in the US were folks who had misguided beliefs about vaccines.

These lives were killed by reactionary media like Tucker Carlson and the Republican Party.
This is a really bad place.




Comment by Scoopster on 05/16/2022 16:04:24
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Scoopster:
Mornin' all!

I heard this morning on NPR that more than HALF of the people who have died of COVID since the vaccine first became widely available in the US were folks who had misguided beliefs about vaccines.

These lives were killed by reactionary media like Tucker Carlson and the Republican Party.
This is a really bad place.

Of course, my mind went to wondering how much this is gonna affect the balance of party power in each state. With that many people dying, and most of them being Republican voters, it could affect everything from municipal elections to Congress.

Comment by Raine on 05/16/2022 16:22:43
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Quote by Raine:
Quote by Scoopster:
Mornin' all!

I heard this morning on NPR that more than HALF of the people who have died of COVID since the vaccine first became widely available in the US were folks who had misguided beliefs about vaccines.

These lives were killed by reactionary media like Tucker Carlson and the Republican Party.
This is a really bad place.

Of course, my mind went to wondering how much this is gonna affect the balance of party power in each state. With that many people dying, and most of them being Republican voters, it could affect everything from municipal elections to Congress.
I've had that thought since the beginning of this pandemic.


Comment by Raine on 05/16/2022 16:55:54


Comment by Raine on 05/16/2022 17:02:18
I swear to effin god, this is where we're at:

Comment by Raine on 05/16/2022 17:33:15