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A GOP political culture that regards Americans who don't agree with them as existential enemies to the nation is the logical result of the GOP's longrunning culture war approach to politics. They've been telling conservatives they're "at war" w/ their fellow citizens for decades.
Black people: Hey, we'd like to not be murdered by police officers while going about our daily lives.
GOP: OMG, these people are anarchists who want to kill police officers! We must protect the thin blue line between civilization and chaos!!!!
GOP: OMG, these people are anarchists who want to kill police officers! We must protect the thin blue line between civilization and chaos!!!!
Women: Hey, we'd like decisions about our reproductive health to be made by us, in consultation with medical professionals.
GOP: You are murderers who celebrate infanticide.
GOP: You are murderers who celebrate infanticide.
Parents and young people: Hey, we'd like it if we could pass some gun laws that might make it less likely that we'll be senselessly mowed down in our schools.
GOP: The gungrabbers want to institute martial law and put you in a gulag!!!
GOP: The gungrabbers want to institute martial law and put you in a gulag!!!
A majority of Americans: We'd like the federal government to do more to make health care accessible to all of us.
GOP: OMG, it's Venezuela people. Get ready, here comes the government rationed cheese!
GOP: OMG, it's Venezuela people. Get ready, here comes the government rationed cheese!
80% of Americans: We'd like to get the coronavirus under control and wearing masks is the easiest and most effective ways to do that according to scientists.
GOP: THEY WANT TO MUZZLE YOU! DON'T LET THEM MUZZLE YOU! STAND FOR FREEDOM! DON'T BE A SHEEPLE!
GOP: THEY WANT TO MUZZLE YOU! DON'T LET THEM MUZZLE YOU! STAND FOR FREEDOM! DON'T BE A SHEEPLE!
