After the terrorist attack in Paris the true specter
of fascism is alive and well in France, a country which heretofore knew of it
and sent many to their deaths because of it.
Memory is directed to the 1940's French Vichy Regime sympathetic to
Hitler and the Nazis. The emergence in
these times of terror and fear is the appeal of extremist right wing
nationalism as represented in France by the National Front Party of Marine Le
Pen, usually on the right wing fringe, but now winning some regional elections
with its anti-immigrant message. (See
link here
and below.)
In the US the complexion of many ultra conservative
right wing red Republicans in local, state and federal legislatures is seen. Moreover and, in my
opinion, worse is the odious specter of the anti-immigrant nationalist Trump
capturing at least the Republican presidential nomination if not winning the
presidency itself. The Republican wing
in our nation knows little moderation now.
When hard violent times erupt one can always count on
homo sapiens man to do the worst of all possible things and allow the mean,
cruel, mendacious anti-immigrant extreme nationalists to gain power and create
more violence. The authoritarian
personality emerges. Republican John
Dean of Watergate fame said: "True conservatism is cautious and prudent.
Authoritarianism is rash and radical. American democracy has benefited from
true conservatism, but authoritarianism offers potentially serious trouble for
any democracy.”
Go ahead, elect the extreme Republican right. I can assure you as bad as the violence is
now nationally and internationally if the anti-democratic extremist right gains
immense power in western civilization as Al Joson would say "You ain't
seen nothin yet!"
IT
WILL BE UP TO ALL OF US TO ENSURE THIS NOT HAPPEN. THE PERCENTAGES OF
THE REPUBLICAN EXTREME MAY SEEM GREAT BUT, IN TRUTH, IT IS NOT
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LARGER MUCH LARGER NATION ITSELF. WE ARE THE
MAJORITY BUT WHOSE VOTE HAS BEEN CO-OPTED BY GERRYMANDERED DISTRICTS
DRAWN BY REPUBLICANS. IF THE VOTE WERE FAIR DEMOCRATS WOULD HOLD THE
LEGISLATURES EN MASSE. THE ONLY WAY THESE REPUBLICAN MALEVOLENTS WIN IS
FOR DEMOCRATS TO STAY HOME. DON'T! GET OUT THE DEMOCRATIC VOTE AND GET
TO THE POLLS BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY! AND OH YES, WATCH OUT FOR THE
FRAUDULENT REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED VOTING MACHINES THEY WILL STEAL YOUR VOTE IF THEY GET THE CHANCE.
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