The GOP is A HOAX

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TeamProg (513 posts)


The GOP is A HOAX

Their:

Leadership - does not exist

Family values - does not exist

Morality - does not exist

Law & order - does not exist

Science awareness - does not exist

Historical knowledge - does not exist

Honor - does not exist

Liberty - does not exist

Accountability - does not exist

Trustworthiness - does not exist

Kindness - does not exist

Civil - does not exist

Loyalty to the U.S. Constitution - does not exist

Sound economics - does not exist

Courage - does not exist

 

Star Member Skittles (140,001 posts)

2. their pro-life stance

doing all they can to enable the pandemic

Probatim (587 posts)

23. Pro-war, Pro-death penalty, Pro-life - one of these things is not like the other...

Star Member Skittles (140,001 posts)

24. pro-guns in the hands of ANYONE

****ing HYPOCRITES

peppertree (15,460 posts)

3. Absolutely. It's become little more than a fascist vehicle, parading as a party..

Indeed - it's the only major party in the entire developed world (and much of the developing) to meet all 14 criteria for fascism.

Dr. Lawrence Britt has examined the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia) and several Latin American regimes. Britt found 14 defining characteristics common to each:

 

1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.

2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights - Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.

3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause - The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.
 
4. Supremacy of the Military - Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

5. Rampant Sexism - The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Divorce, abortion and homosexuality are suppressed and the state is represented as the ultimate guardian of the family institution.

6. Controlled Mass Media - Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.

7. Obsession with National Security - Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.

8. Religion and Government are Intertwined - Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.

9. Corporate Power is Protected - The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

10. Labor Power is Suppressed - Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.

11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts - Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts and letters is openly attacked.

12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment - Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.

13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption - Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.

14. Fraudulent Elections - Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.

 

Star Member crud (302 posts)

9. The definition of Facism

The have no ideology. Their goal is to achieve political power and maintain control by what ever means necessary. Hatred, fear, lies, propaganda, threats etc.

Star Member Wounded Bear (48,210 posts)

10. And, of course, the grand OLD party is actually younger than the Democratic Party...

The Dem party dates to about 1828. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)

The repub party dates to 1854. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)

 

Lunabell (2,983 posts)

13. Please add: no real religious feedom.

Their only religious freedom is for evangelical christians or right wing roman catholics.

Star Member BigmanPigman (44,246 posts)

21. I KNOW but..why would any person choose to be like this? Who in the Hell would want to be evil? Who in the Hell would support political cretins? I just don't understand why someone wants to be a terrible, horrible, rotten asshole? Why??? How do they get this way? Is it a genteic defect? Is it socioeconomic, or is it plain old sociopathic behavior? If you had a choice between Good and Evil, who would choose Evil and why? I just don't get it.

This is one of the main reasons I chose to not ever have children while still in my teens. My gut knew it would be unfair to any future kid to grow up in the greedy, hypocritical USA/GQP environment.

 

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I know that LPC DU-Noobs gotta



But that was pathetic.

I will admit that this stereotype of Pro-Life people is one I haven't heard before:

Star Member Skittles (140,001 posts)

2. their pro-life stance

doing all they can to enable the pandemic

I know that LifeSiteNews has gone OTE anti-Covid-vax (not just the use of a decades-old human cell line that might be derived from an aborted baby or might be from a miscarried baby in early testing). OTOH, many Pro-Life people, my household among them, are fully vaxxed. Reality is always more complicated than stupid stereotypes.

Speaking of stupid stereotypes:

Probatim (587 posts)

23. Pro-war, Pro-death penalty, Pro-life - one of these things is not like the other...

The Bible, Pro-Life Christians' ultimate authority, affirms the moral rightness of the death penalty for certain crimes and of just wars. But DUpipo gotta stereotype, it's easier than understanding real people, who are much more complex.

Star Member Skittles (140,001 posts)

24. pro-guns in the hands of ANYONE

****ing HYPOCRITES

In sending his followers out into the world, Jesus instructed them to be prepared to defend themselves, using the current technology of the time.

Star Member Wounded Bear (48,210 posts)

10. And, of course, the grand OLD party is actually younger than the Democratic Party...

The Dem party dates to about 1828. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)

The repub party dates to 1854. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)

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I love it when they list the characteristics of fascism, and the characteristics so obviously apply to democrats. They have no sense of irony.

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Star Member Skittles (140,001 posts)

2. their pro-life stance

doing all they can to enable the pandemic

The left's pro-choice stance

doing all they can to prevent a person to chose what goes into their body.

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I have to agree with the DUchebag. The gopE is a hoax as an opposition party.

[SVPete]

I think the DU thread url was omitted, https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216233532 . DUmmie TeamProg is such a non-team player that (s)he has only posted 20 times in the past 5 days,   .

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Star Moron Shittles (140,001 posts)

24. pro-guns in the hands of ANYONE

****ing HYPOCRITES

You were the dumbasses that insisted on letting people who are too dangerous to own a gun out of jails, so they could vote, and riot, and father twenty kids a piece, and run over christmas parades, and so on.

**** all the way off.