I grew up in a place that had both rednecks and relatively poor, pissed-off black people. The black people we could understand. The rednecks were the worst. Every opportunity was open to them, in the most fortunate historical circumstances ever. And they choose shit. They always choose shit.
And now, through affiliation with the larger group of idiot-voting evangelical southern white people, the whole country has gone redneck. They were the lowest of the low and they've drug us all down. We're awash in guns and needless violence. Country is a feud and we're stirring up shit elsewhere.
All because of the redneck code of ignorance, belligerence, servility and weirdly overweening pride. They'll never admit they've done anything wrong and they've done everything wrong. They think they're being attacked when nobody gives a shit about them but they're always on the attack.
Tell me rednecks haven't won. Decency and fairness are done. Democracy -- once assumed to be a thing we all agreed on, no matter which side won -- is being openly attacked. Intimidation is in the air. Threatening entire families is normal if you disagree with them -- totalitarian stuff. Tyranny.
Despotism. Tyranny. Republicans are the American Nazi Party. And they're running everything.
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