Some Republicans have been defensive that the party has a strong anti-democratic bent. But the state GOP convention embraced it, writes columnist Danny Westneat.
Nobody is really stupid enough to think that the word “democracy” is a value of the Democratic Party instead of one of the core values of all loyal Americans. Its a crude dog whistle to neofascists who despise American values.
At what point does this become manipulation with the intent of overthrowing the government?
Thats not what I meant. I mean at what point do our institutions that were designed to prevent this actually take action? Because this shit doesn’t work by fairy dust and dreams. It works because people believe in it and enforce it. If it is so obvious the common folk of the land can see it. Why can’t anyone with authority put a stop to this madness? Especially when the dog whistles stop being whistles for dogs and turn into words for humans.
Nobody is really stupid enough to think that the word “democracy” is a value of the Democratic Party instead of one of the core values of all loyal Americans. Its a crude dog whistle to neofascists who despise American values.
We passed that point a long way back.
Thats not what I meant. I mean at what point do our institutions that were designed to prevent this actually take action? Because this shit doesn’t work by fairy dust and dreams. It works because people believe in it and enforce it. If it is so obvious the common folk of the land can see it. Why can’t anyone with authority put a stop to this madness? Especially when the dog whistles stop being whistles for dogs and turn into words for humans.