It looks like it's going to be that kind of a year ... it's just the end of February, we've already had two Ass Clown Special Awards this year, and I'm about to announce yet another one - the second in a short month.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Readers, I hereby present an
Ass Clown Special Award
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to
Jack Posobiec
Mr Posobiec, for those of you who haven't heard of him, is a far-right activist and former correspondent for the ultra-conservative One America News Network. He said the quiet part out loud in his speech to this week's Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, when he told the noisily appreciative audience,
“Welcome to the end of democracy. We are here to overthrow it completely. We didn’t get all the way there on January 6, but we will endeavor to get rid of it and replace it with this right here.”
He held up a cross necklace and continued:
“After we burn that swamp to the ground, we will establish the new American republic on its ashes, and our first order of business will be righteous retribution for those who betrayed America.”
You may recall the famous quotation attributed to Sinclair Lewis ...
"When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross."
A similar version of that sentiment came from the Jewish author and lecturer James Waterman Wise, Jr., who warned in 1936 that if fascism came to America, it would not be identified with any "shirt" movement or with an "insignia" like the swastika but would probably be "wrapped up in the American flag and heralded as a plea for liberty and preservation of the constitution."
Sound familiar? Messrs. Lewis and Wise might be writing about today's MAGA movement and its Evangelical Christian base. And it's also worth noting that, contrary to Mr Wise's warning, both the cross and the swastika are commonly seen at far-right rallies, and that white polo shirts and khakis were the uniform of choice for the neo-Nazis who violently rallied in Charlottesville, Virginia, back in 2017.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Readers, for his clear advocacy of religious-based fascism in the United States, Jack Posobiec is presented this Ass Clown Special Award.
Don't say you weren't warned.
Have a good day. More thoughts coming.
Bilbo
Thank for posting this in an easily shareable format. I hope it is your most viewed post so that many people will know what we are facing.
ReplyDeleteIt's getting to a point where you could start giving out an award every day.
ReplyDeleteFor anyone who hasn't read Sinclair Lewis' "It Can't Happen Here," now is the time.
ReplyDeleteHe is indeed a special one!
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