Considering their whole M.O. is regression or conservation of the status quo, that’s not surprising
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UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Anyone notice how many news stories nowadays start with "Republicans block or halt or shut down or remove something… They aren’t doing anything… Just keeping anyone else from doing anything
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RagingRobot@lemmy.world 6 months ago
That’s all they ever do when Democrats are in control. So annoying
grayman@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Democrats suck ass and do the same thing. Two parties my ass. It’s a game and we’re the pawns.
IHadTwoCows@lemm.ee 6 months ago
I am tired of Republicans being referred to as a political party instead of what they actually are: a violent terrorist ideology on the level of ISIS, Taliban, Al Qaida, Khmer Rouge, Bolshevik Soviets, etc. They are not a “differing opinion”; they are a terrorist insurgency bent on destroying America and it’s representative democracy. Those who refuse to acknowlege this and who disparage those who advocate defending against them are equally violent and evil.
friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 6 months ago
If you want to be “the party of no” you can’t allow things to happen.
SpookyUnderwear@eviltoast.org 6 months ago
It could be that. It could also be where you’re getting your headlines from.
FunderPants@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
People are probably getting sick of me saying this by now buy of course Republicans aren’t doing anything, this is their philosophy, their core beliefs are in conserving traditional hierarchies and norms. God over man, men over women and children, white over black, rich over poor, cis-het over LGBT people and other hierarchies. To achieve this they really only need to do a few things legialativly,
You see 1 all the time, they dont even need to be in power to do it. They just need to get in the way. If they get power, you see 2, and since they’re trying to rollback generational change, not even decades old precedent is safe (see Roe vs Wade).
Their actions are best understood through the lens of conservative philosophy and the maintenance or restoration of socio-economic hierarchies.
Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 6 months ago
And then Jesus said: "White power sieg heil! " - The Bible according to you
mercury@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
He’s just explaining conservative ideology
FunderPants@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Seems clear to me that my explanation covers pretty well the reasons white power groups and orthodox/conservative Christians are right wing. They aren’t the same groups, necessarily, but they both want to conserve their respective hierarchies.
Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You can’t call them “Christians”. They are just racists with a Bible in their hand.
jasondj@ttrpg.network 6 months ago
The best part is that they got us fighting each other so much. They’ve managed to divide us across whatever line you can think of.
All of this is a distraction. While racism and sexism absolutely exist, they fortunately aren’t the cornerstones of our hierarchies anymore. Thats great, but now we have a caste system, and nobody wants to acknowledge it.