The Republicans have dug up Jim Crow's corpse -- and now they've married it

[Celerity]

Everything about the GOP's current assault on voting rights is a throwback to the worst years of white supremacy

https://www.salon.com/2021/10/28/the-have-dug-up-jim-crows-corpse--and-now-theyve-married-it/



Last week, Senate Republicans filibustered the Freedom to Vote Act, refusing to allow it to reach the floor for debate, let alone an actual vote. Their goal was to prevent Black and brown people, as well as other Americans who support the Democratic Party, from participating in the polity as full citizens.

Moreover, the Republican filibuster of the Freedom to Vote Act — itself a compromise bill hatched by Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, in the delusional belief it would attract bipartisan support — was effectively an endorsement of the ongoing coup against American democracy.

For all intents and purposes, today's Republican Party, encouraged by Trumpism, has dug up the putrid corpse of Jim Crow and married it. Refusing to allow a vote on the Freedom to Vote Act is, in a sense, a perfect metaphor or synecdoche, since Republicans are also engaged in a nationwide campaign of voter exclusion, voter suppression, partisan and racial gerrymandering and other means designed to shrink the electorate with the goal of ensuring one-party rule.

It's no mystery why this is happening: Republican policies are overwhelmingly unpopular with the American people. In a healthy majoritarian democracy, Republicans would be decisively voted out of power. The Republican Party's solution? Select their own voters and exclude all others from the franchise.

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Sadly, too true, my dear Celerity. WE MUST STOP THESE BASTARDS. n/t

[Demovictory9]

2. Yes

[RainCaster]

3. Shitcan the Manchin compromise bill, go back to the original one

Manchin lost his seat at the adults table when he couldn't find ten GOP signatures. We need all the details of the original bill to protect the citizens right to vote.

[rickyhall]

4. We've been watching Medici series this week on Netflix.

If you haven't seen it, it's like a 600-year-old blueprint for today with Medicis representing the Democrats and Piazzis, the repugs. The Piazzis are constantly projecting their tyranny onto the Medicis while the Medicis are hard pressed to counter while trying to stay honest. It's fascinating, more violent, of course, but no guns, just poison, daggers & swords.