They are all in on eviscerating the civil rights regime that has been established since the 1960s.
Republicans want nothing less than to turn back the clock to at least the 1950s. Unquestioned white Christian patriarchal authority. That’s the vision.
Republicans want nothing less than to turn back the clock to at least the 1950s. Unquestioned white Christian patriarchal authority. That’s the vision.
https://twitter.com/heartlandsignal/status/1506375171455819777
Ban abortion, contraception, interracial marriage; criminalize LGBTQ people.
Install an authoritarian white nationalist education system, ban dissent.
Restrict voting rights, purge election commissions.
These are not disparate actions.
Install an authoritarian white nationalist education system, ban dissent.
Restrict voting rights, purge election commissions.
These are not disparate actions.
https://twitter.com/noliewithbtc/status/1506366844885774350
The reactionary counter-mobilization against democracy is happening on so many fronts simultaneously that it’s easy to lose sight of how things are connected. But they absolutely are connected, and we need to focus on the big picture.
These Republican initiatives are all directly tied to the broader struggle over whether or not America should finally realize the promise of multiracial, pluralistic democracy. That’s the defining conflict.
The overriding concern for conservatives is to maintain traditional political, social, cultural, and economic hierarchies. It’s a vision that serves, first and foremost, a wealthy white elite - and all those who cling to traditional white Christian patriarchal authority.
It’s a political project that goes well beyond Congress and state legislatures: This is about restoring and entrenching white Christian patriarchal dominance and authority in the local community, in the public square, in the workplace, in the family.
The American Right is fully committed to this anti-democratic, anti-pluralistic project, and the Republican Party has a comprehensive strategy to put it into practice - especially at the state level where the reactionary assault is accelerating the most.
A lot of people are saying “More like 1850 or 1750 they want to go back to!” I get where the reaction is coming from - but look at the reality in many states, especially in the South, in the 1950s: No need to go further back to find authoritarian white Christian patriarchal rule.
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