More Harm Than Good

The critics of the Republican hegemony are a mostly civilized caste but they understate the horror of modern Republicanism and so act as enablers by launching muted criticisms into the black hole of right-wing depravity. There they tracelessly disappear. 

It's worse than wasted effort. Republicanism is now an oil well on fire. It can only be stopped by a proportional blast or running out of fuel and the fear and hate empowering it show no signs of abating. Measured criticisms only do harm by implying normalcy.

They imply that Republicans are loyal Americans working within received traditions and an accepted institutional framework. They aren't. They are thugs and revolutionaries intent on destroying our democracy. Their shy critics should get a clue or shut up.