[dark_crystal]

I used to get really indignant about Republican hypocrisy and be all...

"how can they say lgbt discrimination is about religious freedom when there are religions who don't support lgbt discrimination?"

"how can they say they want low taxes when they force the military to pay for aircraft they already said they don't want or need?"

"How can they claim to want law and order and then protect law-breaking politicians?"

"how can they say they want traditional values when they are all divorced?"

"how can they say they are pro-life when they block laws that would save lives?"

"How can they say they are pro-2nd amendment and not be furious about the murder of Philando Castile?"

My head would explode!

But now i understand that you can't listen to what they say they want. They claim whatever they have to in order to make a plausible cover story, all they actually want is white supremacy.

"Conservatives" do not want to "conserve" traditional values, what they want to "conserve" is traditional hierarchies.

They don't want to save babies, they want to stop feminists. They don't want safe streets, they want jailed minorities. They don't want low taxes, they want to starve poor people, they don't want religious freedom, they want theocracy.

Every policy they promote is designed to make sure the people on top get to stay on top. Rhetoric has no meaning to them because the text is always subtext.

We keep trying to argue from the text and it has no effect because they are all in on this secret.

We point out glaring contradictions and they just roll their eyes. That's not because they are stubborn or stupid, it's because words don't matter to them. There's an inside joke only they get and it's that they all know their official rhetoric is just a series of cover stories and the real goal is (well, was) never spoken aloud.

For the record, they think we are also doing this. They say our policies of social justice are actually a secret agenda to destroy the church, get free stuff, and punish white folks.