Someone just posted something about
"moderate" Republicans. It wasn't anything new, instead being mostly
the same "Stop being mean to us! We're not like *those* Republicans! We
should all be respectful and engage in civil debate!" So I thought I'd
post some of my thoughts with regards to "moderate" Republicans
(because I know your days aren't complete until I share my thoughts on things!)
1. "Civil debate" is a rallying cry of the oppressor, of the
person who doesn't have a dog in the fight, of the person who is in the
dominant position. 9 times out of 10, when you see a "moderate"
Republican calling for civility, it's a white man doing so. Typically, a middle
class or greater white man. That other 1 out of 10 times is a female, or a male
POC Republican (yes, they exist). But really, most of the time, when you see
such a demand/request, it's an attempt to shut down a conversation, often
accompanied by some variant of "Why are you getting so emotional? We're
just discussing this", "I'm not going to discuss this with you if
you're going to yell at me", or "I'm just playing 'Devil's
Advocate'".
2. "Moderate" Republicans often like to frame these
"discussions" as some kind of debate. A debate is a formal method of
presenting arguments (and rebuttals). Debate is an intellectual exercise that
allows you to put forth whatever ideas with no recognition of the real life
consequences. That's one of the reasons they love the claim. A debate is also
something that you can *win*, and make no mistake, more often than not, when a
"moderate" Republican wants to "debate", what they want is
to *win*. The winning condition is typically achieved when the other person
explodes in anger or simply leaves the conversation (for whatever reason; it
will be declared a "win"). What do they win? Nothing. But they
*think* they win something by "making the liberal cry" or that doing
so adds inches to their e-cock in front of the other "moderate"
Republicans that view the exchange.
3. "Moderate" Republicans are like "good cops";
sure, they exist (they aren't unicorns), but they are less common than you
think, and the ones claiming it, aren't. Did I just bag on good cops? Yes, I
did. As with "moderate" Republicans, you don't have to be an actively
corrupt cop to be a bad cop. All you have to do is contribute to the culture
that allows the "bad" cops to get away with being bad. The same
applies to "moderate" Republicans.
Did you vote Republican party? The same Republican party that:
----- Is actively working to disenfranchise poor and minority voters in
order to game the system?
----- Is actively working to make it impossible for women to make safe,
healthy choices concerning their own bodies?
----- Is actively working to make basic health care for the poor,
minorities, the old, and largely everyone who isn't wealthy difficult, if not
impossible to acquire without life crushing debt?
----- Is actively working to alter educational standards in such a way
as to render future students even more ignorant than their predecessors?
----- Is actively working to make higher education far more expensive
and difficult for the unprivileged to acquire?
----- Spent eight years doing nothing but wasting money on repeated
investigations of a subject that was thoroughly dealt with and attempting to
obstruct any progress in every field championed by the Democrats?
----- Spent the last eight years promoting and supporting racist
ideologies in the population?
----- Is actively working against the 1A rights of citizens, while
lying about said rights in regards to right-wing and hatemongering individuals?
----- Is actively working to load SCOTUS in an attempt to rubberstamp
their policies when they are inevitably and rightly challenged?
----- Is actively working to enshrine discrimination in law under the
guise of "religious freedom" and morality, contrary to the ideals of
COTUS?
----- Continues an active individual and group campaign of lies and
disinformation in order to manipulate and dupe their voter base?
----- Continues to adhere to, and advocate for standards that are good
enough for them but not for the citizenry?
----- Continues to refuse to disavow the "extreme" elements
of their party and supporters?
----- Is actively working to curtail the basic civil rights of
citizens?
----- Continues to do nothing about gun violence (note that most gun
violence is a poor or lower class phenomenon)?
----- Has repeatedly worked to rape as, if not acceptable, the fault of
the victim?
----- Continues to be engaged in illegal, unethical, or immoral
activities while accusing detractors and opponents of those same activities?
----- Continues to try to implement an American Christian version of
the Sharia Law they so despise?
----- Continues to wage an economic war against the poor, through
various methods ranging from the reduction of systemic benefits and aid to the
use of a broken court system and private prisons by disproportionate
incarceration?
I could keep going, but frankly, I'm tired now. The point, if you
haven't guessed it, is that by supporting a party that continues to support
these and other anti-American, anti-poor, anti-minority activities, you lose
any right to call yourself a "moderate". There's no
"debate" to be had over basic civil rights, over the autonomy of
women with regards to their own bodies. There just *isn't*. You can
"debate" the tax rate. You can't debate whether or not discrimination
is a good thing that the law should protect. The only way you get to call
yourself a "moderate" Republican is if you are *actively* working
against your party in order to change it, and that entails NOT VOTING FOR OR
PROVIDING FINANCIAL OR MORAL SUPPORT TO YOUR PARTY.
If you're still supporting the Republican party, despite all this, you
are not a "moderate"; you're a coward.
