The Republican Party's Slow Crawl to Fascism

Given that communism and fascism are opposites, it's not necessarily a surprise in retrospect that America teetered more and more towards fascism during the McCarthyist era in response to Soviet Russia. Joseph McCarthy's goal was to eradicate all voice of dissent by scaring the shit out of people. Joseph McCarthy was a fascist.



I genuinely wonder what historians will be saying about this period of American politics. My take is that the Cold War babies who bought into McCarthyism want to desperately return to the only era that gave them any sense of security. So they're trying to recreate it, and they are fucking terrified that they're losing. The simple fact that we're in the middle of a transition between two eras makes them angry and confused.

And now terrorism has given the right wing everything it wants: another communism. Just like how Republicans convinced everyone that they were the only ones capable of protecting America during the Cold War, they've been beating that same drum with terrorism for the last decade. Here's Dan Fanelli, a Republican running for Congress in Florida.



Look at those greedy Jews with their huge Jew noses scary brown people with their funny voices.

As much as I hate using the word 'fascist' to describe American politicians, I really can't think of another word. The most horrifying thing to me is how lightly he's treating this. He's acting like we're fighting Snidely Whiplash. He says he would have no problem being stopped at an airport if a bald white guy flew a plane into the twin towers, but why doesn't he mention the bald white guy who flew a plane into that IRS building in Texas? Because that guy wasn't a member of the minority group he's exploiting for political gain. Because this guy is a pseudo-fascist.

Republicans need an invisible enemy to point the finger at so they can scare people into voting for them. Arizona blamed everything on Mexicans, and so they got that immigration bill passed. Seeming almost disappointed that the terrorist in New York failed, Republicans went ahead and blamed Obama for terrorism anyway. John McCain wants us to start taking rights away from American citizens whenever we damn well feel like it. Where is the fucking outrage about this among the Tea Partiers, who claim to love that Constitution so very much? I thought Obama wanted to take away our rights! Joe Lieberman wants to give the U.S. government the power to take away anybody's citizenship. It is absolutely terrifying that people are even suggesting these things. Why wait for the terrorists to take away our rights when we have fascists right here in America more than willing to do it for them?

I'm very frightened of the direction America is heading. When 70% of the country supports torture, I don't know what country I'm from.