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rlegro's JournalPlease stop using "conservative" to reference the Republican Party
"Conservative" is too dignified and milquetoast for the likes of these hacks. Theirs was a genuinely conservative party, once, particularly on economic issues. But a powerful, growing plurality of elected Republicans no longer are conservative, as in reserved, studied, and cautious. No, now they are by and large flaming reactionaries. Angry, loud, negative GOP politicians who never met a non-GOP politician they liked. Or a big, diverse democracy, either.
In our current, social network free-for-all, they have discovered that screaming and lying often pay big dividends. Enlightenment and empathy are now hostages to outrage and generally counter-productive behavior. After all, tearing things down is not only easier than building things up, but it's more dramatic, too. You can recycle your wrecking-crew ways every news cycle, if not more often. Start a fire and then pour gasoline on it. Political arson is exciting and attention-getting precisely because it's chaotic. The GOP isn't grand anymore. It's a movable ambush. It's GOP -- Guerrillas Over People.
Calling modern-day Republicans "conservative" serves to smooth their actual demeanor. It mainly just lends s the imprimatur of responsibility and officialdom. And it implies that they're legitimate anti-progressives. To the GOP crowd, getting to be on the far end of the same scale as lefties and socialists is leverage. When in fact they're really at deep right angles to responsible social reformers.
So, please: Drop "conservative" from your GOP political shorthand. "Reactionary" is much more descriptive and precise. "Lying, reactionary maskhole" for the real hard core.
Wingnuts owning up to owning the ownership
Here's a great line from a piece the other day by DailyKos founder Markos Moulitsas. Discussing twumpies who refuse vaccination, Kos said evidence suggests their stance is beginning to change, thanks to the deadly Delta variant and back-handed GOP efforts to pivot on the issue. He summed up this way:
> Will it work? Will branding the vaccine the “Trump vaccine” and blaming the Black woman in the White House finally get conservatives to vaccinate? Can conservative opinionmakers shift base sentiment away from refusing to vaccinate to own the libs, to vaccinating to own the libs?
More: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/7/28/2042447/-Republican-leaders-are-finally-taking-vaccination-seriously-but-is-their-base-listening?pm_source=story_sidebar&pm_medium=web&pm_campaign=most-shared
Opening a Manchin war front -- on his own turf
I just posted the message below on Sen. Joe Manchin's official website (see link after message). Feel free to log in there yourself and let Machination Manchin know what a counterproductive, useless tool of Trumpublicanism you think he is. Here is my message:
𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿. 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗿 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹. 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, "𝗻𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻" 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆. 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮, 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲. 𝗜𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘁, 𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁 -- 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗳𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲. 𝗜 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗼𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆.
https://www.manchin.senate.gov/contact-joe/email-joe
"GYM" JORDAN MAY NEED AN INCREDIBLE ACROBATIC PERFORMANCE AS HE WRESTLES THIS
Loudmouth GOP House member faces possible Federal Election Commission inquiry into nearly $3 million in missing campaign funds. His best answer, probably: "My dog ate it."
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/3/3/2019230/-Rep-Jim-Jordan-in-a-Jam-Faces-Poss-FEC-Inquiry-Almost-3-mil-in-Campaign-Funds-Missing
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