Actually, should it not go without saying, even, that the attacker was mentally disturbed? Of course he was. But, it’s when you look at his postings, his writings, that one sees, that, apart from any other causes of his mental imbalance, he seems very clearly to have immersed himself in a far right ecosystem of hatred of Democratic politicians, with the usual collection of completely irrational conspiratorial nonsense endemic to the far right ecosystem. In other words, of course there was a political motivation.
David DePape, the man accused of beating Paul Pelosi over the head with a hammer, appears to have made a number of online posts referencing the QAnon conspiracy theory. DePape, 42, broke into the Pelosi home in San Francisco while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was in Washington DC. called 911 and...
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Addressing the issue raised here that Republicans are somehow being universally and irrevocably branded as evil. At any given time in our history, one political party or the other may be more guilty of being “in the wrong” on issues, the use of inappropriate rhetoric, etc. Those of us who firmly believe the Republican Party is encouraging hateful rhetoric to be normalized, and who are simply pointing out that the GOP is mainlining groups and ideas that are inimical and dangerous to our democracy should be able to do so without being accused of somehow forgetting we are all human beings, and guilty of accusing everyone on the right as evil. I know I am not demonizing adherents to the MAGA movement. I do believe they are deluded, awash in conspiracism to the point conspiracism is their default thinking mode, but they’re human beings. I have friends in that camp. I feel badly for them, I don’t hate them.
Maybe Thriller goes overboard with his anger. Well, yes, he does. But, I see it as a righteous anger, given the dangers, plainly apparent from history, when democracies trend toward fascism. Of course he’s alarmed. He’s frantic to get his points across because he clearly understands history. And here is one damn good reason why any of us seeing the Republican Party as embracing anti-democratic policies can feel frustrated about the future of democracy in America:
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This was before Greene was elected to Congress, but she’s been no better since. The Pelosi attacker was clearly influenced by QAnon, however he interpreted it in his deranged mind, and QAnon has long since entered the Republican mainstream. Maybe some liberals/Democrats have been influenced by it, but they must be few in number. This is coming from a far right ecosystem, and sorry if conservatives object, but it is being mainstreamed by the Republican Party, which is assisting in that party drifting away from, are you ready?….from REALITY! And that is clearly not good for our body politic. The Big Lie embraces a retreat from REALITY! And we should not point this out??!! I will. Every time. It’s why the Republican Party is dangerous right now, and calling them out for it is the right thing to do, not something to be criticized….
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene repeatedly indicated support for executing prominent Democratic politicians in 2018 and 2019 before being elected to Congress, a CNN KFile review of hundreds of posts and comments from Greene’s Facebook page shows.
Greene, who represents Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, frequently posted far-right extremist and debunked conspiracy theories on her page, including the baseless QAnon conspiracy which casts former President Donald Trump in an imagined battle against a sinister cabal of Democrats and celebrities who abuse children.
In one post, from January 2019, Greene liked a comment that said “a bullet to the head would be quicker” to remove House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. In other posts, Greene liked comments about executing FBI agents who, in her eyes, were part of the “deep state” working against Trump.
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Those of you enamored of whataboutism and bothsidesism, more Liz Cheney’s and less Marge Greene’s would be a good thing to aim for moving forward….
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