Author Sharon E. Cathcart ✅Apr 17, 2023

Quote from article: Once the Nazis took power they banned books, outlawed drag shows and homosexuality, changed school curricula to remove mention of their atrocities in WWI, and rewrote election laws so they’d never again lose an election.

My thoughts: A whole bunch of people, myself included, started pointing out parallels between the Trump-era GOP and the Nazis well before he was elected. We were accused of employing hyperbole, and told to "give him a chance."

Well, just call me Cassandra ... because here we are.

Just. Like. I. Said. We. Would. Be.

https://open.substack.com/pub/thomhartmann/p/whats-behind-the-gops-war-against?r=1ekuyr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

What’s Behind the GOP’s War Against Democracy?

And are rightwing billionaires who want more, more, more money willing to make common cause with bigots, fascists, and wannabee killers to get it?

The Hartmann Report
Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Apr 17, 2023
@sharonecathcart on this long road to Fascism there has been a constant whine of "don't upset the fascists, and don't call them 'Fascists', you'll hurt their feelings" and I want to see what those people think now or are they still lying to us and themselves?
Show threadAuthor Sharon E. Cathcart ✅Apr 17, 2023

@Lazarou Also, I had no patience with the mollycoddling of "we need to try to understand them."

I grew up in a rural part of the country. I understand them, because I lived among them in the trailer parks. They believe they're temporarily embarrassed millionaires, and if only "those people" weren't cutting ahead of them in line, they'd be rich. They believe that their government assistance checks are because of genuine need, but everyone else is a fraud and "taker."

It's a level of magical thinking that truly boggles my mind.

I refer to my move away from where I grew up as an escape ... and for good reason.

Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈
@sharonecathcart the people who say "we need to try to understand them" have never actually met them, never been a victim of them and deep down, probably agree with them.
Apr 17, 2023 at 1:41pmWeb