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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Message of the Republican Party: Don't Tread on Me. I Tread on You.
Understanding the enemy (and they ARE the enemy) is key right now.https://medium.com/_EthanGrey/the-message-of-the-republican-party-dont-tread-on-me-i-tread-on-you-936037958bce
The press does not want to have a direct conversation with you about whats really at the heart of Republican messaging. As a former Republican who now consistently votes for the Democratic Party in US elections, I will. When I came to realize what the true message of the Republican Party was, I was out, and have been voting Democratic ever since.
Here is the Republican message on everything of importance:
They can tell people what to do.
You cannot tell them what to do.
This often gets mistaken for hypocrisy, theres an additional layer of complexity to this (we will discuss this later in the piece), but this is the basic formula.
Youve watched the Republican Party champion the idea of freedom while you have also watched the same party openly assault various freedoms, like the freedom to vote, freedom of choice, freedom to marry who you want and so on.
If this has been a source of confusion, then your assessments of what Republicans mean by freedom were likely too generous. Heres what Republicans mean:
The freedom to tell people what to do.
Freedom from being told what to do.
When Republicans talk about valuing freedom, theyre speaking of it in the sense that only people like them should ultimately possess it.
. . .
Here is the Republican message on everything of importance:
They can tell people what to do.
You cannot tell them what to do.
This often gets mistaken for hypocrisy, theres an additional layer of complexity to this (we will discuss this later in the piece), but this is the basic formula.
Youve watched the Republican Party champion the idea of freedom while you have also watched the same party openly assault various freedoms, like the freedom to vote, freedom of choice, freedom to marry who you want and so on.
If this has been a source of confusion, then your assessments of what Republicans mean by freedom were likely too generous. Heres what Republicans mean:
The freedom to tell people what to do.
Freedom from being told what to do.
When Republicans talk about valuing freedom, theyre speaking of it in the sense that only people like them should ultimately possess it.
. . .
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The Message of the Republican Party: Don't Tread on Me. I Tread on You. (Original Post)
CousinIT
Sep 2022
OP
"Don't tread on me"? I'm sorry, but what else am I supposed to do with my boots?
IngridsLittleAngel
Sep 2022
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CousinIT
(9,241 posts)1. ALSO: Trump the Narcopath and his Flying Monkeys
sop
(10,166 posts)2. Good article.
DemocraticPatriot
(4,346 posts)3. KICK. For TRUTH!
Republicans want the Freedom To Be Dictators. Full stop.
IngridsLittleAngel
(1,962 posts)5. That's exactly what they want
"Freedom for me... not for thee!" - The MAGA mentality
IngridsLittleAngel
(1,962 posts)4. "Don't tread on me"? I'm sorry, but what else am I supposed to do with my boots?
CousinIT
(9,241 posts)6. Hahahaha! Perfect!
I hope millions of women (and those who love them) do just that in ROE-vember. Kick them right in the ballot box. Smash the snake.
IngridsLittleAngel
(1,962 posts)7. Thank you.. And I hope so too..
Time for us to put on our walkin' boots and our voting boots, and kick them in the ballot box with said boots.
Let's turn this into Roe-vember and take this country back from MAGA.