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 I spent many fruitless hours asking people why the blatant behaviors Trump displayed (misogyny, anti-semitism, racism, mocking people with disabilities, etc.) were not deal-breakers for them. None of them could give me an answer.

I now know it's because they felt their own horrific biases were validated.

I naively believed we were doing better as a country than this ... and now all I can do is to continue to raise my voice, whether verbally or through my writing, to speak truth in the face of their lies.

Show threadJavier CarrascoApr 17, 2023
@sharonecathcart @Lazarou I can easily relate to this. Whenever I asked why Trump's blatant behaviors, no one could give any answer besides "He's not like that at all, you're just seeing it the wrong way". For instance, despite the fact I'm their gay disabled (two groups targeted by the guy) son, my parents still voted for Trump because he was "the lesser of two evils"
Show threadAuthor Sharon E. Cathcart ✅Apr 17, 2023

@SuperJerrBear81 @Lazarou

My dad (RIP) voted for him, too ... on the grounds that "he's going to do a lot to help guys like me."

My dad was a 100 percent disabled Vietnam-era vet and former POW. You know, the kind of guy that Trump called "a loser and a sucker." 😞

I told my dad that while that might have been true, he was going to do a lot of harm to people who *weren't* like him.

Dad: "I don't have enough time left on this planet to worry about people who aren't like me."

Me: "I don't have enough time left on this planet *not to.*"

Dad: "Whether you believe it or not, I'm incredibly proud of you for that."

My dad was complicated ... but that's not the point.

I think a lot of people fell for Trump's bull, and I'm glad that at least some of them are waking up.

Show threadJavier Carrasco
@sharonecathcart I would hope my parents changed their minds about Trump, but my mom still wholeheartedly supports the guy. My dad is a party-line tower, so despite it all, he'd still probably vote for Trump (if the guy ran again). What is extra disappointing for me was they said they would never vote for him if he got the nomination, yet they did. I knew they would, as well. They didn't like John McCain, but they still voted for him because he was "the lesser of two evils"
Apr 17, 2023 at 9:53pmWeb