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The March of the Beast
Author: BobR    Date: 2021-02-03 13:00:00

There are a lot of things we can blame on #45. He has done more to destroy the norms of government and society than any occupant of the White House before him. After 8 years of Obama "scandals" (tan suits! mustard on burgers! OMG!!!), the orange turd crawled out of the toilet and lowered the bar so much an ant couldn't limbo beneath it.

The attack on the Capitol on Jan 6th would seem to be the ultimate culmination of the depravity of the previous administration and its cultists. The obscene violation of the very core of our democracy by self-titled "patriots" was sickening and - in retrospect - entirely predictable. Despite it being turned up to 11 the past 4 years, this has been much longer in the making.

It started with a wink and smile, as the Gipper proclaimed "there you go again" as a non-sequitur to anything for which he didn't have a good response. He pushed it along with the proclamation that the 9 scariest words were "I'm from the government and I'm here to help". This was the point where the Republican party began its shift from the party of Nixon, where the EPA and Medical Insurance was born, to a party that saw federal government as part of the problem rather than part of the solution.

This demonization of government became more focused in 1990 when GoPac (geared towards training Republicans how to campaign against Democrats) released Newt Gingrich's list of words to use when describing the differences between Democrats and Republicans. It wasn't the birth of attack politics, but it was the shot of steroids in the arm that pushed the division and scorched-earth politics of destruction into hyperdrive.

The rise of conservative talk radio (Rush Limbaugh, et al) helped feed the monster by creating an "us against them" mindset in the minds of people commuting to work, or driving trucks across country. A whole generation of regular people was spoon-fed this poison for hours a day, 5 days a week.

During Dubya's term, the label of "liberal" was spit out of talking head's mouths as if it tasted like a soiled baby's diaper. Conservative = strong... Liberal = weak, and probably sympathetic to those damn turrurists. When France wasn't fooled by that administration's falsified evidence of Iraq's role in the attacks on 9/11, they became country-non-grata. French fries were renamed "Freedom Fries". The now-brainwashed masses poured out French wine, and refused to vote for John Kerry (an actual war hero) because he "looked French".

During Obama's administration, this Balkanization became wider as racists, neo-confederates, Nazis, and other dumpster-variety white supremacists found yet another reason to hate - a black president (elected by them thar liberal city-folk). The resentment continued to build, fed on a diet of FOX "News" and - yes, still - Rush Limbaugh, but aided and abetted by other whack-jobs with absurd conspiracy theories that would dismally fail any Occam's Razor test. Reasonable, experienced, tenured Republican candidates fell one after the other until the only one left standing was The Beastmaster. That Democrats put up a Clinton, and a woman at that, only sealed the deal.

For almost 4 years, Republicans thought the were in control of The Beast. The sidled up to The Beastmaster and used his power over the masses to get what they wanted, to get people to the polls, to make themselves look reasonable by comparison. They continued to feed The Beast. They thought THEY were the ones in control.

But like the scorpion and the frog, The Beast will always be true to its nature. You cannot feed the beast and walk away when it's still hungry. You cannot tame the beast.

And so, on Jan 6th, 2021, the beast - fed a steady diet of lies, hate, conspiracy theory, and encouragement for decades - descended upon the Capitol. It killed, it maimed, it destroyed. The Beastmaster watched with pleasure until he realized that their legacy would be his legacy. It was too late though. The Beast licked its wounds and promised to return. The Beastmaster - no longer respected or in control - disappeared to Mar-a-Lago.

Senator McConnell (R-KY) refers to MTG (R-GA) - the QAnon House rep - as a "cancer", in a failed attempt to distance himself from The Beast. It's much too late for him to save his soul, to recover his reputation, to repair his legacy. He danced with the devil in the pale moon light, and now the devil is showing us all who He is. Decades of lies and fear and hatred have created a toxicity that will not go away until those who created have been replaced by those who abhor it. Until then, we will continue to fight this battle until the beast has been starved of its poisonous food.

 
 

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