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Republican: What does that word mean in 2023?

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It means we can pass into law some enormous tax cuts for our wealthy political donors, to repay them for their generous contributions to our political campaigns, keeping us in office to "represent" them most favorably.

It means we are against any proposed legislation that would limit large donations from interested parties wanting to influence laws and governmental control of campaign finance reform.

It means the "party of law and order" is now against the Department of Justice, and the FBI, because "Democrats."

It means that children at the southern border housed in cages and denied soap, toothbrushes, and clean water, is only a problem when a Democrat is President of the United States.

It means if we can fool our voting base into believing anything we say, we have no problem with saying anything we can make them believe. It means we can now target anyone as the new "bad guy," including the likes of Mickey Mouse. This has become quite useful.

It means we can adopt any phrasing we choose, and make it a flash point and critically anti-American talking point. So words like Woke are selected and targeted, especially because they are so quick and easy to use, and because we can so easily create new meanings for them, ignoring what they originally meant. Our base loves that about us.

It means we can willingly violate any international agreement with bordering countries if it in any way forms a political advantage in firing up violent rhetoric and sentiment in our voting base.

It means we can create extremely violent videos lauding racism, public lynching, and the public taking law and order (and punishment) into their own hands. Because, you know, the second amendment and Stand your Ground laws.

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Dan Cooper is an award winning freelance writer/editor living in the Texas Hill Country. He has worked in news and sports journalism and is currently working on several projects, including a memoir and the editing of a California Gold Rush (more...)
 

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