To be honest, a lot of Republicans are still very respectable. The republican platform is fucked up, but if you are talking to your neighbor, don't make his party affliation equal to his personal belief. A Democrat doesn't believe in everything in the Democrat's platform either.

In that sense, insulting a party is not generally helpful for public discourse.

[–] NewEnglandRedshirt@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Then where is the Republican outrage against the fascist policies so many Republican politicians are advocating for? There are only two options: either they don't care, or they're secretly happy.

"First, I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action;" who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a "more convenient season." ~~Martin Luther King, Jr

[–] mcc@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you are not in the republican circle, how do you even know how they perceive the policies?

[–] NewEnglandRedshirt@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

... did you read the MLK quote I included? The fact that there aren't many Republicans loudly and repeatedly condemning the leaders of the party says exactly that. If you want to read the whole thing, I recommend you take a look at King's full Letter from a Birmingham Jail to fully understand the point: silence means acceptance.

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