Not all Republicans are heartless, radical and
illogical the e-mail said
In Spanish we have a saying: “Tanta culpa tiene
el que mata la cabra como el que le aguanta las patas” (Just as guilty is he
who holds the goat’s legs as the one who actually kills it) This is
particularly true to those who consider themselves moderate Republicans and who
don’t hold those far out, radical and destructive views and yet they remain
silent.
But let’s put it into
perspective, those Republicans are now in a minority, they are drowned out by
the shrill and vigorous right wingers; an ideology that just a few years ago
was considered so far right and so extreme that it was dismissed or made fun
of.
But it is incumbent of
those who see themselves in that position, that of sounding off whenever the
Republican Party does something outlandish or insists on adopting some askew
ideology over reason and logic to protest, to disagree. If these people remain
silent and even cooperate with the rest of those extremists then they are just
as guilty by the mere fact that they are holding the goat’s legs…in this case
the dagger killing the goat is like that which kills democracy and the middle
class, it is the wound that will prove lethal to a great country.
We are all familiar
with how the majority of Republicans pay homage to the likes of Donald Trump,
Rush Limbaugh and Grover Norquist…not just pay their respects and display
admiration for them but they are downright intimidated by the likes of these
assholes. We have seen it time and time again whenever a moderate Republican
goes off message and somehow steps on the toes of these powerful
individuals…those who dare to confront them will end up apologizing and running
into obscurity with their tail between their legs.
It is certain that
some Republicans do see how it is wrong to tax the rich at a much lower rate
than the regular folks; it is obvious to them that not only does it cause
inequality but it deprives the government of revenue. We also suspect that a
lot of these Republicans realize that this voter disenfranchising that is being
conducted is an absolute affront to the democratic process. We also know by
just watching the polls how people feel about Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid…they
favor it and would not like it if these were eliminated…yet the Republican
moderates say nothing….they are complicit, they are just as guilty of holding
the goat’s legs.
So when I generalize
and I say Republicans, I mean ALL REPUBLICANS because so far I have yet to see
one who has the cojones to stand up to the likes of Norquist or Limbaugh.
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