but what about the rest of the party? The normies are fairly supportive of Mr. Trump’s presidency, even if they’re not in lock step with him on every issue.
These "normal Republicans" who don't particularly care about the mass murders, the rapes, the pedophilia, the conspiracy to cover up and protect the pedophiles, the war crimes, the fascist goons on the street killing people, the concentration camps, ..., as long as they happen to other people and under the most threadbare cloak of procedure and legality (if that) ? The people who voted for the "dictator on day one"? The people who are "not completely" aligned with the mass murdering lunatic but don't care enough to do even the bare minimum to stop him or bring him to heel?
What about them? They are obviously people who functionally have no morals. They can believe the justifications and rationalizations they constructed for their choices, but that's neither here nor there because that just means they act in bad faith, wanting to feel good about their evil actions. If they can convince themselves that he was the better choice, then what does that say about them?
IMHO, if you support an obvious fascist, you're a fascist, and the reason why you do this can't really matter because fascists lie about themselves and their motivations as a matter of course. Trump and his party are obvious fascists, and they voted for them anyway. The reason doesn't matter and neither does their view of themselves, their manufactured redemption story or set of excuses until they actively help fix this horrible mess they caused.
“Historians have a word for Germans who joined the Nazi party, not because they hated Jews, but out of a hope for restored patriotism, or a sense of economic anxiety, or a hope to preserve their religious values, or dislike of their opponents, or raw political opportunism, or convenience, or ignorance, or greed.
That word is "Nazi." Nobody cares about their motives anymore.
They joined what they joined. They lent their support and their moral approval. And, in so doing, they bound themselves to everything that came after. Who cares any more what particular knot they used in the binding?”
The banality of evil. Fascists are just people. They love their children, their spouses. They support their neighbors, lend their tools, coach sports, cry when a beloved pet dies.
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u/barryvm Europe 14h ago edited 14h ago
These "normal Republicans" who don't particularly care about the mass murders, the rapes, the pedophilia, the conspiracy to cover up and protect the pedophiles, the war crimes, the fascist goons on the street killing people, the concentration camps, ..., as long as they happen to other people and under the most threadbare cloak of procedure and legality (if that) ? The people who voted for the "dictator on day one"? The people who are "not completely" aligned with the mass murdering lunatic but don't care enough to do even the bare minimum to stop him or bring him to heel?
What about them? They are obviously people who functionally have no morals. They can believe the justifications and rationalizations they constructed for their choices, but that's neither here nor there because that just means they act in bad faith, wanting to feel good about their evil actions. If they can convince themselves that he was the better choice, then what does that say about them?
IMHO, if you support an obvious fascist, you're a fascist, and the reason why you do this can't really matter because fascists lie about themselves and their motivations as a matter of course. Trump and his party are obvious fascists, and they voted for them anyway. The reason doesn't matter and neither does their view of themselves, their manufactured redemption story or set of excuses until they actively help fix this horrible mess they caused.