Hartmann: What Repugnacons do

It ain't pretty but it's true. There's no compromise or middle ground with them, as there isn't with fascism. Thom:

"Since the Party stopped publishing a Platform or clear positions on issues after the 2016 election, we pretty much have to look at their behaviors, but those, at least, have been consistent. Here’s what’s obvious, based on 'what they do':

• “Free and fair elections” are for suckers

• White men should run the country and the world

• Violence is a legitimate tool in politics

• Conspiracy theories like the one suggesting Democrats drink children’s blood as an “elixir of youth” are probably real

• Rich people and their kids shouldn’t have to pay taxes

• More guns means less crime and fewer deaths

• The darker your skin, the more likely you’re a criminal

• Leadership is about instilling fear, not vision

• Women are men’s property

• Climate change and evolution are tricks to take away our freedoms and ruin religion

• Education makes people stupid

• Going into politics is the ticket to riches and fame

• Rich people should make a buck off everything the government does through privatization

• Helping people who’re going through a rough patch is a waste of time

• The “rule of law” only applies to minorities and the poor

• Money and power are the only truly important things in life

• Teaching the true racial history of America is a plot to make white children feel sad

• LGBTQ people don’t deserve respect or rights

• Wealth is proof of goodness; poverty is proof of moral failure

• “Giving” citizens things like healthcare, education, family leave, etc. are all “socialism” and will destroy “the American way of life”

• Government has no right to regulate pollution or protect consumers

• “Fiscal responsibility” is a phrase that can justify just about anything."