At some point, it’s not possible for an increasingly multicultural, progressive, and urban society to continue acquiescing to a dwindling population of old white conservatives living in rural states. Something has got to give.
Not many benefit from Republican policies—not even the Republican Party’s base—except the super-rich and the GOP leadership.
The religious right doesn’t care what type of argument convinces Americans, or whether people are looking for flimsy cover stories when they vote for xenophobes. All they care about is eking out enough support to keep their religious mania smothering America for another day.
We have come to both expect and accept the right of conservatives to shriek threats over tiny offenses. But this coddling comes at a high price.
A clear majority of Americans want action on gun safety. Acres of research and our own common sense agree that gun violence is out of control. But we’re not doing anything about this crisis, because Republicans are forcing us to debate nonsense.
America insists on coddling the super-rich, making sure their children will never go broke, while neglecting the poor and forcing them to fend for themselves.
Even as young white men mow down Blacks and Latinos, Republicans continue to deny that they are inflaming racism or prodding lunatics to take matters into their own hands. They claim it is conservative white people who are under attack.
Conservatives are dead set on molding the country in their image and based on their own political and religious beliefs, no matter what the law says or how long it has said it.