Extremism

It seems now that every day I read something about a group within or aligned to republicans, who are labeled as “extremist” in some way. Generally, they are labeled as “Extreme right wing” politically, or sometimes as “Extremist Christian-Nationalists”.  I am not quite sure what is intended by those labels, but when I read more, it seems that such groups are autocratic in origin, and would, if given power, move to eliminate other religious or political groups that are of more liberal origins and purpose.

Seemingly, the concept of “Separation of Church and State” is regarded by these groups as “Libtard” BS, and must be eliminated from our country.  Now, these groups are also always aligned with republicans.  So the Republican Party has become, seemingly, a party of extremism, perhaps since Donald Trump took over the party.  And, now, with Lara Trump moving into the position of Republican Part Co-Chair, along with James Whatley. Mr. Trump now seems fully in charge of the party.

I sit here with my mouth wide open, saying “Whaaaaaatt”? Bear in mind, I first came to an understanding of republicans when Dwight Eisenhower ran and then became President in 1952.  So, that party has included Ike, Reagan, two Bushes, Nixon, and now Trump. Now, whatever your thoughts about any or all of the above prior republicans, Trump seemingly falls into a totally different character-set than any of his predecessors.  To me, he would be more easily placed within some foreign political party, like Benito Mussolini’s party in WW II Italy.

And yet, and yet, Mr. Trump is now the darling of republican voters. How is that possible?  How did American republicans turn into autocratic Christian Nationalists, fully capable, we now imagine, of creating the equivalent of Concentration Camps for immigrants, or more simply to house people they don’t like?

We now no longer have just two political parties. Apparently, that ceased since 2016. How did this Nation go from electing Barack Obama to electing Donald Trump? See, I do not think that we will survive a second Donald Trump presidency. Because, I think that Donald Trump is delusional, perhaps even now subject to bouts of dementia, and that he actually does not believe in democracy. He seems to be living sometime in a prior century, perhaps 1930-40s Germany or Italy.

But why is it that Americans do not understand that fairly obvious truism. Donald Trump does not really wish to become US President. He intends to become the first Autocratic Ruler of the Americas, and there to remain until he dies.  He never uses the term “King”, but clearly that is his intent. If he is ever actually elected, he will never relinquish the office or the controls offered thereby.

Americans on the right wing of our politics, do you not see that? By voting for him, you are expressing your OK with the end of the American Democracy. You are saying it’s OK if America becomes a racist-homophobic, anti-immigrant, and maybe even Jew-Hating Nation? That is what he stands for, and it is now what his political party stands for.  But, again, how is that possible?? I feel as though I am living in some weird Nazi-Fairy Tale, and I desperately want to awaken to return to the America I love and respect.

I guess we will know come November, but almost every day some new news about America sliding to the right peeks through the News. But maybe that’s just the Foxy-News and we seem to be receiving more Foxy News hype than the civilized outlets.  Maybe I need to just turn off all News. But no, I could not go on without my NPR news. So, I will have to put up with the bad news screaming from the other side of our universe, in the hopes that this awful stuff does not actually represent the real America. Let’s hope folks.