America is in Danger and We Are Laughing

“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”

                                                                        (Sinclair Lewis)

America, we sit and listen to the inane remarks of some of the Republican candidates and laugh. We post on Facebook and we joke about the [seemingly] lack of mental capacity they and their followers have.   At the end of the day, we are laughing at what has been dubbed “the clown car”, but America, we are in danger.

Have you not been paying attention to what has happened and is happening in states that Republicans control? We know that they have started and continue to take away voting rights of our fellow citizens and the rights of women to make decisions for their own body. Are these things funny?  Let me explain what kind of danger we’re in especially since their M.O. (modus operandi) is too frigging close to that of Hitler. 

First, the regurgitated lies.  Hitler said “Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it and eventually they will believe it.” Yes, they have done that with great success. Many Democrats are now calling themselves “Progressives” because the GOP has tarnished the term “Liberal”.  Many of us don’t have the backbone to embrace being a “Liberal” despite the many positive accomplishments for our country by the Liberal way of being.  I am not one; I am a Liberal and very blessed to be one.  That’s only one lie, there is so many I would need more pages to cover them all. Another well-known lie is that the government is too big when it comes to helping citizens that need help.  However, they don’t have a problem when their owners [big corporations] want legislation that benefits them.  [Former] Defense Sec. William Cohen said it well “Government is the enemy until you need a friend” and we all know that many Republicans made it to where they are via the same federal government they are attempting to destroy.

Second, Hitler said “All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.”  Republicans have this covered like white on rice and we make fun of their supporters.  One of their propaganda is the gun rights issue and their alleged 2^nd Amendment right.  Albeit said Amendment speaks of a “well-regulated Militia” per state and that well-regulated militia is called the National Guards.  The NRA and their Republican flunkies have spun this propaganda as expertly as a spider spins a web. Their greatest propaganda is racism and those who believe it are truly less intelligent but this is applicable to those with degrees as well. This propaganda is also entrenched in the third M.O.

Third, Hitler said “Hate is more lasting than dislike.”  Racism never left, it just lurked in the deep dark recesses of our society until the election of Barack H. Obama and then it exploded like the bursting of a sewage drain.  We’ve all heard it and seen it. Many citizens were taken aback by it but for those who live it every day, there was no surprise.  The putrid verbal onslaught against our President is beyond vile. The bloviators, Black and White, did not leave it only to his policies; they went after the man and his family.   Demanding from him to “prove” who he is; something no other President has had to do.  They took it to the extreme by (1) inviting a man just as hateful, to speak before Congress; (2) writing a letter to Iran in an attempt to undermine our President; and finally, how can we forget the infamous words of Senator Mitch McConnell that their only job was to make him a one term President. While they did not succeed on that aspect, they have succeeded in blocking the many good things he wanted, needed to do for this country and its citizens.

Fourth, Hitler said “As a Christian, I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice.”  This evil man, who murdered thousands, had the audacity to say this yet we hear and see Republicans following this pattern.  Republicans follow their own interpretation of Christianity and not as it was intended.  I found it interesting that [former] Speaker John Boehner spoke of “false prophets” (Matthew 7:15-16), as one who knew best yet Christian conservatives paid no heed to his words.  The issue of religion and Republicans is that “All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish [or Islam] appear to me no other than Human inventions set up to terrify and enslave mankind and monopolize power and profit” (Thomas Paine).  Republicans have nullified the 1^st Amendment and we let them.

America, if we want change it starts with us: “We, the people”.  A revolution means nothing if we don’t get off our derrières, as a collective, and say “enough”.  “If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness; then we would be taking the first step towards a real humanity” (Nelson DeMille). This is what we need to, have to do in order to change what is going on in our country. Why do Republican supporters have more determination than Democrats {Liberals and Progressives}? At the end of WWII, many German citizens said they did not know what was happening to Jews. We know what’s happening yet we laugh. Are we truly prepared for what may be coming?  Far too many have died for minorities, women, the disabled and the poor. Are we going to allow Republicans to erase it all? “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men [people] to do nothing” (Edmund Burke).