In a post two days ago, "If You're Not One, Then Get Out," I suggested that with the GOP's servile embrace of Trump's obvious bigotry, the party had allowed racism and xenophobia to become its defining message, that identifying oneself as a Republican today is becoming the equivalent of saying, "I'm a racist," and that self-respecting non-racists ought to simply leave the Republican party.
Yesterday I received this rather mystifying comment:
AnonymousJanuary 22, 2018 at 4:12 AM
My dear boy, please take a step to the right. If you do not, you may suddenly find yourself standing on the other side of the "fence" having become one of the "____ists" you so fervently purport to despise.
ReplyDeleteSo if I don't move to the right, I'll become a racist? How does one arrive at that conclusion?
Too weird for me. Does Mr. Anonymous think I'm Antifa? Is he in Alex Jones conspiracy theory territory? Is the 4:12 a.m. time stamp a clue?
Explanations/translations welcomed.
My dear old friend, to the left, absolutely. A racist, never! I've read Buster almost from the get go, & I've always found your senior, white male opins to be everything but racist. Surely, it's meant to be NUDist!
ReplyDeleteYes, that could be it. He's warning me against becoming a nudist! Good advice -- it's cold out there.
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