fazer said:
Also Hodad your guilty of what you accuse the right of. You only read what supports your narrative.
It’s the McCarthy era 2021. Bad bad idea.
That will create real terror and things like Texas secede from the Union first (which has the right to do so) and Florida following.
#1. I admit I spend more time reading non-conservative material than conservative stuff. But I do in fact read quite a few conservative columnists (most are admittedly not Trump supporters) and for years listened to more than my fair share of right wing talk radio, but generally speaking the WSJ op-ed page is a bridge too far. I've read it before--still as crazy as it was 20 years ago.
#2. It's not the McCarthy era 2021. Nothing happened to the right wing kooks until they attacked the Capitol. People believed all that crazy stuff (and continue to) without fear of govt. retribution. But when you plot to engage in a terrorist attack on the seat of govt., there will be consequences.
If you want to find a more interesting parallel, take a look at the reaction of Southern racists to Reconstruction. There's some really ugly mob violence there, and the behavior and causes have a lot more in common with the crazy people of today. I would argue that the damage done by conceding to those racists has helped to lead us to our current troubles, some 150+ years later.
#3. I think you might be surprised at what Texas might do. I guess it's possible they might secede (I don't see Florida doing so--where would the Social Security checks come from?), but Texas is a lot more purple than you might think. Kenedy County would probably be thrilled to secede, but I think it'd struggle to drag along Austin, Houston, or even Dallas.
#3a. Trump showed me a lot about what leadership, or lack thereof, can do. His racism and hostility gave permission to a certain subset of his followers to indulge in the same, and to let their darkest inclinations, paranoias and prejudices rule them. That's leadership of a sort. But Trump also refused to wear a mask or promote mask wearing. This apparently was as much political calculation as anything--about votes instead of health and safety of voters. This was a failure of leadership, and it has cost thousands of lives (and likely also cost Trump the election.)
Which is a very roundabout way to get to the fact that there is now someone in the White House who is very much interested in governing and in leading. He's also not someone who shies away from taking responsibility for his actions.
While Biden is not some sort of saint or savior, he is at the very least competent, and much more typical of what we've come to expect of a president. I think in time more and more folks will recognize this and start to walk away from Trump's Crazytown. It takes a lot of effort to keep that house of lies from falling, and I do think there are quite a few people who will get tired of trying so hard to hold it together.
