Republicans are fond of boastinghow exceptional America is, but honestly, being a structurally violent society,leading the world in child poverty and hunger, gun deaths, and spending more onbombs than infrastructure or citizens is not exceptional; it is truly pathetic.It is uniquely Republican, but still pitiful. In fact, what is pathetic to asecular humanist is a badge of honor, and a sign of exceptionalism, toconservatives polluted with religious and xenophobic hatred against non-whitenon-Christian human beings. There was, and the operative word is was, one areathat America was at one time indeed exceptional among the world’s nations, butRepublicans and their dirty bigoted followers have crusaded tirelessly toextinguish it once and for all.
America’s only realexceptionalism, an open door to immigrants, was set in bronze as an Americanwelcome to refugees penned by an American poet on a plaque at the foot of theStatue of Liberty. It reads;“Give me yourtired, your poor, wretched refuse of your teeming shore your huddledmasses yearning to breathe free, the . Ilift my lamp beside the golden door.”Send these, the homeless, temptest-tost, tome. Now, not only are Republicans asan organization, and some Democrats, openly rejecting America’s only claim toexceptionalism based on race and religious grounds, they are lurching towardsbecoming one of the truly exceptional nations in world history; Nazi Germany.This is something Republicans have been actively pursuing and ramping up overthe past six years, so sod off to whomever dares cite Godwin’s Law. AsShakespeare wrote in Romeo and Juliet, “Arose by any other name would smell as sweet,” and no matter whatthey are calling themselves, Republicans smell like Nazis.It is noteworthy that Republicansare going full-on fascist precisely as predicted by ISIS leaders last February,and are driving hard to take it a step farther with an agenda that would makeAdolf Hitler proud. It is true that as the GOP frontrunner, Donald Trump ismaking the most public statements about America adopting Adolf Hitler’spolicies targeting non-white non-Christians, but he would not be broadcastinghis Nazism without substantial support from far too many Americans. | | | | | | | | | | | 'Hail Trump!': Video of White Nationalists Cheering the President-E... By Daniel LombrosoAt an alt-right conference in Washington, D.C., Donald Trump’s victory was met with cheers and Nazi salutes. | | | | Alt-right leader: 'Hail Trump! Hail our people! Hail victory!' | | | | | | | | | | | Alt-right leader: 'Hail Trump! Hail our people! Hail victory!' By Eric Bradner, CNNThe racism and anti-Semitism of the alt-right movement were on display Saturday in Washington when its members g... | | | |
