This rant by the Felon is surprisingly revelatory

“President Donald Trump called on the Washington Commanders to “immediately” change their name back to Redskins and said he might not make a deal with them if they do not, inserting himself into a debate that the franchise considers settled as it seeks to build a new stadium on federal land at the site of RFK Stadium.

Trump previously said he believes the franchise should not have abandoned the former name, a dictionary-defined slur against Native Americans that it dropped under corporate pressure in 2020.”

First and obviously, this is racist as shit. Almost gratuitously so — it doesn’t advance white dominance like eliminating DEI — but then again, it does tell Americans that a)you as a minority have to shut up and take it. And any gains you think you’ve made, we’re taking them back. b)every pissed-off old fart who wonders why they get criticized for saying things like “redskin” or other words (I’ve seen more than one conservative rant over the years about how unfair it is they can’t say the N Word) — back in the good old days, nobody complained about that crap! — can see that Republicans have their back.

Second, the Felon lies, as always. According to him, “our great Indian people, in massive numbers, want this to happen. Their heritage and prestige is systematically being taken away from them.” In reality, the indigenous people of America have no interest in dying on that hill.

And it’s another reminder that the Felon is really, really old (something I touched on in this post). Like so many of older people he’s nostalgic for the days of his youth, when everything was easier (at least in memory), he had more fun, and he was in so much better help. But it can’t be that he’s an aging, sluggish old fart — no, it’s the times that have gone bad! And so he struggles to turn back the clock to a world of factory workers, high-flush toilets, oil and gas instead of wind and solar, and nobody worrying about the environment. This isn’t a consistent ethos — solar-related manufacturing is big business but the Felon’s happy to throttle it — but logic ain’t his strong point.

Not that that’s the only reason. The oil and gas industries will be happy to kneecap solar and wind. Lots of people on the religious right hate environmentalism as nature-worship (I’ve no idea if they’re deluded but sincere, taking kickbacks from Big Oil or have a visceral reaction to anything liberal). Obviously corporate America has a stake in shredding environmental regulation. But the Felon’s age is, I think, a factor.

It’s depressing to realize that America’s collapse can be brought on so easily, by such a pathetic excuse for a human being. As one commenter put it at Lawyers, Guns and Money recently the things Republicans are doing “are going to be horrific and leave an impression on our society like every fascist regime does, warping and twisting it in various ways for generations to come …One aspect that will haunt me for the rest of my days is not just that this was self-inflicted but that it self-inflicted because of the cult of Donald Trump. I come back to it over and over. I can’t sleep because of it. THIS GUY? WE’RE DOING THIS OVER THIS GUY?”

Depressingly, Republicans are.