This brings to mind just who and what the Republican Party hates the most, depending of course on where you live, for after all, when we think of Republicans the central question always does seem to be who or what they hate the most. Is it Muslims, African Americans, Liberals, the Federal government, taxes, abortion, Mexicans, Gays, unions, teachers, college professors, atheists, transgender, gun grabbers, Yankees or now the Pope?
The order one puts that list in seems most dependent upon where one is from. Down here in Dumbutt, Texas it’s Mexicans. Which should give us pause in this regional thing. Hey, a New York Yankee is running for president specifically on the hatred of Mexicans above all the rest which has taken him to the top of the polls in both Iowa and New Hampshire. Perhaps things are not quite as regional as we presume?
Which reminds me of one of the first things I ever wrote here over 20 years ago, deja vu all over again.
Those Intolerant of Intolerance are More Intolerant Than Those They Accuse of Being Intolerant!
The above convoluted semantic argument is often used to berate liberals for accusing conservatives of various forms of prejudice, bigotry, sexism, homophobia and racism. Though so absurd it seems unworthy of comment, it is still a debate they are winning through every area of the media, for this is the central theme regarding the issue of political correctness. Years before political correctness had a name, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. arrived at a way of expressing the absurdity of all this. I paraphrase from I don’t remember which of his books…
Intolerance was an important issue of debate between my parents. Father was of course, a good fascist, and was intolerant of just about everything, except of course, Nazi’s. Mother would ask that he not bring any of the uniformed, swastika laden soldiers into her home. My father would then accuse her of gross intolerance. My mother, rather than play the semantic game, would get out pencil and paper and begin her list.
Things Mother is intolerant of:
Nazis
Things Father is Intolerant of:
Jews
Communists
Queers
Buddhists
Lesbians
Chinamen
Negroes
Hindus
Japs
Muslims
Unionists
Pollocks
Environmentalists
Arabs
Catholics
Mexicans
Muslims
Liberals
Socialists
Feminists
Albanians
Russians
Then Mother would search around for more paper. Mother always made a big thing out of searching around for more paper.