It's hard to believe the GOP would sacrifice kids to maintain rule by white Christian men

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

https://www.editorialboard.com/its-hard-to-believe-the-gop-would-sacrifice-kids-to-maintain-rule-by-white-christian-men/


We Americans are pretty good at identifying what’s what in other countries. We’re pretty bad at identifying what’s what in our own.

“Many Republican governors are still prohibiting mask and vaccine mandates in schools and universities, even as hospital beds are filling to capacity with predominantly young and unvaccinated people,” wrote Editorial Board member Claire Potter. “Almost 94,000 cases last week were minor children. In New Orleans, a baby is on a ventilator, and in Mobile, Alabama, six kids are intubated.

“It is just surreal.”

If we saw this in a faraway nation, we’d use words like “despotism,” “corruption” or “sabotage,” words saying something’s rotten in that society. We can’t bring ourselves to use such words when it comes to our own affairs, though. That’s probably rooted in our abiding faith in being an exceptional country. Foreigners endure despotism. Here we live according to the rule of law. Here we breathe the air of freedom.

But I think it’s rooted in something else. Two things actually. On the one hand, we want to believe, because it feels good to believe, that all Americans share the same core convictions in liberty, equality and justice for all. We believe these values are enshrined in our founding documents, in our laws and in our democracy. If you don’t believe our creator, whoever that is, endowed all persons with certain unalienable rights, well, you might have to rethink calling yourself an American.

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[relayerbob]

1. They have no problem allowing school shootings to continue

A virus is far less visible, but keeps the fear and chaos levels up, which is what they want

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. Pro-Life my ass!

They are a bunch of sniveling COWARDS...

[Walleye]

5. The Republicans live in opposite world

[Walleye]

3. Yes, my Creator is my mom and she taught me my rights and responsibilities

That’s why I have no problem with that phrase

[temporary311]

4. It hasn't been unbelievable

since Sandy Hook at the very least.

[RockRaven]

6. It's hard to believe that anyone who has paid attention to the history of this country finds this

hard to believe. Our history is chockablock with instances of white Xian men sacrificing kids in order to maintain or expand their hegemony.

[Turbineguy]

7. No it isn't.

[hlthe2b]

8. I no longer put anything behind what remains of the Republican, now Trump party.

[haele]

9. Why is it hard to believe?

Throughout history, people have always sacrificed their children to maintain a status quo, be it religious or to a political figure just to avoid "wrath" or save "honor" or community standing.
Especially girl-children, no matter how much they think they love them.

Too many people think of children as family possessions, instead of a responsibility to the future.

Even in the US, parents still figuratively sell off their children, pushing them towards a "successful" marriage or career, if they think it will benefit their family or the other children's access to a successful "network" that way.

Haele

[PortTack]

10. FL, TX and other red state voters are you paying attention??!!

[CrackityJones75]

11. It is?

[Bettie]

12. It isn't hard to believe at all

They accepted little kids being shot to death in their classrooms as "the price of freedom" or "collateral damage" in service to their love of guns, so honestly, this isn't even a little bit of a surprise.

[Solly Mack]

13. Nothing about America makes this hard to believe.

Certainly nothing about conservatives makes it hard to believe.

[captain queeg]

14. As long as it's someone else's kids

I suspect most of the politicians got their kids vaccinated.