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In reply to the discussion: The "extreme left" didn't give us Trump. The path to hell was paved by [View all]BainsBane
(52,999 posts)Your claim that Democrats failing to impeach every Republican president in recent history prompted the public to vote for Republicans lacks any semblance of logic. I do believe that you or to whomever you refer may have justified their votes against the Democrats on those grounds, but I don't believe for a minute that it involves any respect for the constitution. It also looks to me like you want a banana republic in which being in the opposition party is criminalized. Democracy can't exist under such circumstances,.
The results of putting the fascist Trump in power were clear from the campaign: to whiten America, to make it safer for rapists and hate crimes, to carry out immigration raids and ban Muslims. To strike down environmental protections and regulation of Wall Street. That is what people voted for in choosing Trump or voting against Clinton. They can tell themselves any number of things for why they chose to plunge the country into fascism. The fact is they chose fascism. They chose White Supremacy. It is those actions that define them.
We were at a crossroads like Germany in 1933. They refused to stand up to the equivalent of Hitler because of anger and hatred. They will forever be defined by that decision to collaborate with fascism. There is nothing leftist about it, and it certainly isn't moral. Every family broken up, every death from a hate crime, every person who dies because of lack of healthcare is on them. It's far worse than the deplorables who believed Trump would improve their lives. These were the actions of people who chose to make America worse, who chose to cause suffering to satisfy their own sense of revenge. Ayn Rand couldn't have wished for better disciples.