(January 11, 2021 at 9:21 am)Nomad Wrote: Lad, the republitraitor party became the party of white supremacism and the SBC in 1964 with Goldwater. It became the party of open anti-Americanism with Ray-Gun.
I'd say that's debatable. He was certainly a Regan supporter and advocate of much of the GOP platform of the 80's, but he was also the guy who convinced Nixon to resign, supported liberal issues like homosexual rights and abortion rights, and he absolutely despised the religious right. 1980 was the clear demarcation line of the GOP's trajectory toward a party of fascism, but the movement since around 2012 has been most significant, almost a vertical line. The emergence of the tea party was really the final step. I view Trump's election as nothing more than his opportunism of the tea party. He didn't start that movement but he sure recognized the opportunity to jump to its leadership.
Why is it so?
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~Julius Sumner Miller