| Molly Hankwitz on Sat, 14 Nov 2020 22:42:51 +0100 (CET) |
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| Re: <nettime> why is it so quiet (in the US) |
> From: Molly Hankwitz <mollyhankwitz@gmail.com>
> The Republican Party on the other hand has been galvanized by Trump's
> presidency and they are something to be afraid of, especially if they catch
> QAnon fever and get their way on the Supreme Court with cases involving
> women's rights. This is where Trump has done their bidding while being
> hung out as a teaser.
> Lindsay Graham and McConnell are frightening.
> There could be a Republican effort to hasten already harsh actions against
> the detained and other disgusting "policies" of the TA
Totally frightening!
While the press focused more on Pompeo’s casual remark ensuring "a smooth transition to a second Trump Administration” during Q&A, the actual content of the press conference is pretty frightening.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?477982-1/secretary-pompeo-there-smooth-transition-trump-administration
The block of UN nation signatories to this “religious liberty-as-human rights” pact has been reported on before, but it does signal an escalation of fundamentalist (inherently white supremacist) ideology in establishment GOP politics, and maps onto the right-wing “originalist” ideals of the Federalist Society that has shaped the current SCOTUS.
The scale of these claims by the right, in centering fundamentalist ideology through foreign policy, seems pretty new for the GOP, and seems like one of the ways that the legacy of the Trump Admin will exist in institutional terms. E.g. as a move by the Right away from typical neoliberal policies and minoritarian rule that relies on legalistic maneuvers, and looks more like what followed Reconstruction in the South between 1880-1964. The “new lost cause” that Dan and Brian mentioned won’t just be the election “stolen” from Trump, but also a re-litigation of the culture wars lost by the “rightful” rulers of the US - propertied, Christian, white men.
Justice Alito bemoaning the loss of religious freedom and tolerance for "Christian values” exemplified by the acceptance of same-sex marriage is mind-spinning as such an obvious example of gaslighting.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/justice-alito-speech-polarizing-issues-prompts-calls-reform/story?id=74194553
Curious what others think.
Bes,
Ryan
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