It really does seem like Trump is constantly asking "Where is the line?"
And the answer, all the way from the voting public to SCOTUS, is "There isn't one."
This is the question that needs to be raised with conservatives and especially republicans. "Where is your line? What would be a deal-breaker?"
These are the people who -- my whole life -- have been calling out moral relativism. And now, this is their guy. This is now their moral centre.
They need to made to see it.
@gshevlin It's important to recognise that they are in reaction mode. Mockery & ridicule will entrench them.
Zooming out, social theorists have pointed out that incumbents all over the world are being ousted by post-Covid voting.
The US in a bit unique here because the 1st Trump administration was actually in power when Covid showed up. Then Biden fixed a bunch of things, but hurt and harm were (and are) still rampaging.
So from this perspective, the US has experienced two Covid disruptions.
Like any bully. He does what ever he wants, then complains he is a victim when he doesn't and attacks anyone who stops him, who end up getting death threats and have to hide
And over 70 million decided to give him the best bully pulpit in the world
who is going to stop him? #SCOTUS already made him king
@sumpnlikefaith You can’t make someone see what they don’t want to see. You’ll just piss them off as they will you. Now sometimes that can be fun but most times it’s annoying.
@cjcrew I know. I've experienced that. Both ways. 🙂
But the question stands, and it's not being asked enough.
"Where is the line?"
It doesn't have to be a long debate. It doesn't have to be in a flurry of accusations.
Authoritarianism works by continually pushing boundaries. Conservatives are yielding without resistance because they aren't being asked where their line is. Whatever the line is, Trump is determined to cross it.
He has done it before. He's promised to do it again.
@sumpnlikefaith I have no doubt he will cross it. This was our country’s defining moment and we failed it. I don’t know what the line is anymore, I’m worried we have become too cruel to have one until we personally get hurt.
@sumpnlikefaith They spent decades pointing at progressive people yelling "you think that anything goes".
They think that anything goes as a long as it is in the service of money, religion or power.
They are sniveling hypocrites who deserved to be mocked and ridiculed, and then voted out of power.