Why has Republican rhetoric gotten so unhinged? It's pure projection

[marmar]

Why has Republican rhetoric gotten so unhinged? It's pure projection
South Carolina's governor recently vowed to fight Biden to "the gates of hell." Where is this even coming from?

By KIRK SWEARINGEN
PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 18, 2021 8:00AM


(Salon) Some Republicans have dialed up the hyperbole to express their indignation about President Biden's vaccine mandates. Here are two tweets from South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster:

The American Dream has turned into a nightmare under President Biden and the radical Democrats. They have declared war against capitalism, thumbed their noses at the Constitution, and empowered our enemies abroad.

Rest assured, we will fight them to the gates of hell to protect the liberty and livelihood of every South Carolinian."

Hearing Republican politicians speak about the American dream while voting against a livable minimum wage and undermining unions and consumer protection, is always, well, a little rich.

In this little tirade, McMaster was merely piling on while reacting to the supposed tyranny of Biden's recently announced mandates for vaccinations or testing in the workplace and in school.

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For decades the Republican game has been to claim that liberals and progressives are out to ruin the country with their unholy desire to see a bit more sharing of wealth and resources. But the rhetoric they're employing lately seems truly biblical, end-times unhinged, of the "If you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore" variety. And it all seems to be a psychological projection of their own desire to bring the American experiment as a democratic republic to an end. .............(more)

https://www.salon.com/2021/09/18/why-has-rhetoric-gotten-so-unhinged-its-pure-projection/

[Aristus]

1. Because they let the clowns take over the circus.

So now the whole circus has to stumble over comically large shoes and sweep up spotlights, or nobody will buy tickets to the big top.

Okay. I stretched that metaphor as far as it will go, but you get the idea.

[empedocles]

2. 'cons want no primary challenge from the rw. Result is a competition to see who can go further rw?

[SharonClark]

3. "gates of hell" sounds like something from Elmer Gantry.

Gantry was a pseudo-christian grifter and so is Henry McMaster.

[Midnight Writer]

4. It's a cult, and members are desperate to showcase their commitment.

[Shermann]

5. You have to fight like hell to keep that mask off!

And you have to fight like hell to remain unvaccinated!

Then you have to fight like hell to keep your unmasked, unvaccinated kids in school!

It sounds like fighting like hell to not join the fight to me.

[hermetic]

6. Yo, McMaster,

Go, now, straight to those gates of hell. Wait for us there. (Hope he reads this.)