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In reply to the discussion: Twitter EXPLODES With AWESOME MEMES After Obama HAMMERS Republican Heckling [View all]cheyanne
(733 posts)After the "you lie" shout-out, he must have known that the repubs were just waiting for a chance to disrepect him. Is that called trolling?
And the repubs are in such a bubble, they don't even realize how their disrespect diminishes their stance, views, whatever shred of respectability they may have.
What we are seeing is the dissolution of the Republican party under the pressures of a furthering of the democratic ideals since the '60's. This dissolution is inevitable, since we can't go back in time, and yet it will be very painful. It will involve fear-mongering, isolationism, bigotry (circling the wagons). Though I hate to bring up analogies to Germany in the 20's, we are seeing the response of a people who have lost their faith in their government, are given a scapegoat, and try to turn the clock back to some imaginary golden age. In Germany the government, in their fear of communism, fell in with the Nazis.
Our problem is that, in our fear of Islam, we will fall in with the conservatives.