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You are literally doing the thing. I have Republican friends who are perfectly decent people. It's a clump of political stances, not fascism or religion nonsense. That said, most people don't even know all of what's bundled in with their party. Nobody has time for that. Ditch the labels.
What, do you think every Nazi was a frothing at the mouth psychopath? "These are GOOD Republicans, they just vote for the oppression of minorities because they like lower taxes", okay, they're still fucking fascists and terrible citizens.
What the ever-loving fuck do you think fascism is.
"Most people don't know what they're voting for"
If that's true, and I doubt that it is, that would mean millions are voting for fascism because they can't be arsed to ensure that their participation in the civic process isn't oriented towards the oppression and murder of their fellow citizens.
Not sure how much more sympathetic that's really meant to make me towards them.
Yeah, and don't you think they would vote better if people used actual taking points instead of labels?
Ah, the good old "Isn't it YOUR job to make sure fascist fucks aren't fascist fucks?"
Thanks for not disputing anything I said, by the way, it's nice to know some enlightened centrists are actually completely aware that they're gagging on fascist cock and just don't care.
Ok, we're done here. You're an actual troll diamond at the mouth because you think anyone other than your team just has to be evil.
Sorry that I think encouraging the murder of minorities is evil. I'm sure that your enlightened viewpoint realizes that this is actually completely okay and shouldn't be labeled with mean terms like 'fascism'.
You cannot be a Republican in 2023 and be a decent person. To be a Republican in 2023 means you accept sitting down at the table with those who tried to overthrow the election with violence. That's not even touching the party's policies that do harm to queers and other minorities, or inaction on climate change, or what have you. It is a thoroughly rotten party, and membership in 2023 is as damning as certain armbands would have been in the 30s.
Secondly, if you "ditched the labels" people would immediately reinvent them. People aren't going to enumerate their belief set in full every time. They'll find groups of like minded people and give it a name. The labels exist because they are useful, not as a comic force imposed on people.