{"id":1551,"date":"2024-04-07T19:19:40","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T19:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeppscommentaries.online\/?p=1551"},"modified":"2024-04-07T19:19:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T19:19:40","slug":"republicans-versus-america-the-far-right-is-nowhere-near-american-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeppscommentaries.online\/?p=1551","title":{"rendered":"Republicans versus America — The far right is nowhere near American values"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bryan Zepp Jamieson<\/p>\n

April 7th<\/sup> 2024<\/p>\n

www.zeppscommentaries.online<\/p>\n

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Even as the NY Times blatted on about Trump leading in tossup states according to their latest \u201clet\u2019s scare the shit out of everyone and boost ratings\u201d poll, another poll from the somewhat more reputable NPR\/PBS NewsHour\/Marist<\/a> organization painted a vivid picture of just how far out of step Trump, MAGAts, and Republicans in general are with the rest of the population.<\/p>\n

The most glaring example is that of abortion. 84% of voters said abortion should not be criminalized. (Support for the right to abortion has strengthened significantly since the Dobbs decision. At that time, about half the population agreed that all first trimester abortions should be legal and on demand. It\u2019s closer to two-thirds now.) However, over 35% of Republicans want abortion to be a crime. Both for the woman and the doctor. It\u2019s clear that outside of the fundamentalist hate bubble, the vast majority (93% of non-Republicans) of people support a woman\u2019s right to choose.<\/p>\n

Another huge chasm exists between the far right and normal America. While 51% say all \u201cillegal\u201d immigrants should be subject to immediate deportation (which would cause an economic crash were it to happen), 84% of Republicans subscribe to that hateful lunacy. They also believe such falsehoods as that undocumented workers cost the country money (in reality, the country gains an estimated $8 trillion a year from their labor and taxes) and that they cause crime (crime rate among aliens, both documented and not, is lower than the citizen population, and far lower rates of violent crime). However, with the economy booming, fascist propaganda organs go on endlessly about \u201cthe open border\u201d (it isn\u2019t) and \u201cthe immigrant problem\u201d which bears a startling resemblance to Hitler\u2019s \u201cJewish problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over three out of four Republicans whine that white people are the victims of racism. Only one in four people outside the GOP hold that self-pitying view.<\/p>\n

Therefore it\u2019s probably no surprise that over six in ten Republicans believe people should be allowed to have military-style assault weapons. They don\u2019t care how many children get turned into hamburger, even when it\u2019s their own children. They need to be safe from their racist oppressors. It takes a really special type of emotional and psychological cowardice to feel that way.<\/p>\n

While only four in ten Republicans believe religion should influence government policy, that puts them well above the 16% of the rest of us who feel that way. And I\u2019ll bet that most of that 16% are going on the assumption that laws against murder or theft have a purely religious basis.<\/p>\n

Other findings in the poll, as reported by NPR:<\/p>\n

Strong majorities said:<\/p>\n