https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212073683Atticus (5,621 posts)
Are there really any left who insist that "It can't happen here"?
Over a decade ago, as the teabaggers were crawling out from under their rocks and telling the nation that racism and violence were "as American as apple pie", I predicted to my wife that, if their hate and bigotry were not clearly repudiated, there would be "blood in the streets" to rival and foreign strife we've watched on our TV newscasts.
Instead of repudiating the mutant cockroach mentality, Trump and his acolytes have celebrated it. Their one litmus test appears to be: "Does it disgust and outrage normal Americans?" So far, disgust and outrage have been the only response to the tiki-torch brown shirts who get their inspiration from Trump.
I sincerely hope I am wrong, but I still see open conflict between "them" and the rest of us as a distinct possibility. It could be avoided if we, the majority, could be motivated to OPENLY voice and demonstrate our total opposition to all that Trump stands for. If the deplorables could actually see how many are determined to resist their mindless fascism, their self-preservation instinct might send them scurrying back under the rocks from whence they crawled. But, standing up in public and pissing people off is kind of scary and it might rain or it might be really hot or there might be nasty people yelling at us. So, I'm afraid the prevailing attitude is to keep your head down, your mouth shut and to just "go with the flow" and hope things get better.
Just some thoughts on a beautiful spring day as I try to ignore the looming storm that is Trump.
Now, I have some questions. Atticus claims that "teabaggers were crawling out from under their rocks and telling the nation that racism and violence were "as American as apple pie". I don't recall ANYONE saying that racism and violence were as American as apple pie. Did that really happen, or is that just Atticus' wishful thinking?
"Does it disgust and outrage normal Americans?" Seriously, is Atticus trying to claim that he and the DUpipo represent "normal Americans?"
Does Atticus think that referring to us as "mutant cockroaches," "deplorables," and "brown shirts" is going to convince any of us to vote for one of their pathetic candidates?