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 threadDarwin Woodka

@sharonecathcart @Lazarou Because this is all interpreted as "strength" and "powerful" in men instead of as the misogynistic anti social fucking bullshit it is. I'm sick of it.

We need to call it out and cut off anyone who thinks this garbage is ok, in themselves or in their "leaders".

Apr 18, 2023 at 12:57amWeb