After spending two days talking about god, healing the nation, and “lowering the national temperature,” Donald Trump picked one of his party’s preeminent fascists to be his Vice Presidential candidate, and hours later the Republican National Convention kicked off with chants of “fight, fight, fight!” First and foremost, Vance is a danger to society and a proponent of violence of every kind.
Once again, you astutely and coherently outline the scope of dangers presented by the Vance pick, whereas my mind has been a whirl of terrifying scenarios. Not that your description is a comfort! I find myself again wondering how best to get my female teen out of this country, with alternative citizenship asap, while we fight back against this clear fascist threat. These two Cannot come to power or we are deeply F'd.
Is he a Christofascist or just the ordinary kind? What is his relationship to the Project 2025 lot? Is everything coming together or are there still different far right groups with different ideas or emphases? This is moving way fast and getting scary even where I am in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Once again, you astutely and coherently outline the scope of dangers presented by the Vance pick, whereas my mind has been a whirl of terrifying scenarios. Not that your description is a comfort! I find myself again wondering how best to get my female teen out of this country, with alternative citizenship asap, while we fight back against this clear fascist threat. These two Cannot come to power or we are deeply F'd.
Is he a Christofascist or just the ordinary kind? What is his relationship to the Project 2025 lot? Is everything coming together or are there still different far right groups with different ideas or emphases? This is moving way fast and getting scary even where I am in Aotearoa New Zealand.