I’ve had a lot to say about the baked-in violence of the Right

Here’s one Here’s another 2/

Thoughts on RW fixation with “violent” Left.

Besides being pure projection, there’s a history of brutal movements/regimes accusing opponents of horrific crimes. QAnon not the first to claim foes eat children. 1/ Medieval Christians murdered Jewish neighbors for supposedly drinking the blood of Christian children in bizarre rituals. These pogroms (anti-Semitic riots) cost tens of thousands of innocent lives, if not more 2/

With the eyes of the nation on Utah, let me tell you how rotten and profoundly corrupt Utah’s deep, dark red Republican government truly is
1/ It is so corrupt Republican electeds don’t see their rottenness. Here Utah’s Governor compares self to “Available Jones”, from comic “Li’l Abner”. Jones was a sleazy lawyer who would do anything for money 2/

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Back in Bush W era, knew Nazi comparisons were an immediate conversation killer. So I read everything I could get my hands on about another European country that went fascist at same time, just to understand process 1/ Spain. The Spanish Civil War,
Spain in Their Hearts, Looking for Trouble, Homage to Catalonia (a recollection by George Orwell, who fought on the Republican side--more on that later) are good books to start 2/

The head of the NRA, Wayne LaPierre, stoked fears that “evil, conniving Libs” we’re coming for your guns to defraud NRA members

1/ Trump’s campaign manager stoked fears of immigrants to rip off gullible Republicans who think the answer is a wall 2/

If you support @realDonaldTrump, you're part of the problem If you admire Trump's business practices that just tells me I don't want to do business with you

#cheat #Liar #ScamArtist

If you see the end goal is to create a Christian "Republic", the amorality of Trumpers makes a little sense. Anything to advance that goal—lie, cheat, decieve—is OK because they're engaged in "unseen warfare" against the enemies of God, and who is honest with an enemy? 1/ My Mormon ancestors made no bones about being at war with "Babylon" (understood as the wicked/depraved, i.e. anybody not Mormon). Played game of cat and mouse with Federal authority until crackdown on polygamy threatened Church w insolvency. Church caved in 1890. Kind of. 2/

John Oliver just did a great show on Bob Murray, the mine operater who got 9 miners killed in Utah disaster because he is greedy--ignored mine safety regs. 1/ Murray is a rotten, despicable human being. I remember Crandall Mine Disaster and how he sequestered families of victims, telling them press was their enemy 2/

90% of Utah's legislators are LDS tho only 60% of the state is Mormon. So, what gives? 1/
sltrib.com/news/politics/… It looks even worse when you add in "inactive" Mormons—those who are on the books but don't practice; about half. So 30% of Utahns dictate a lion's share of legislative seats. How do they do it? 2/