There are no moderate Republicans in the House of Representatives.
Oh, no doubt some members are privately appalled by the views of Mike Johnson, the new speaker. But what they think in the privacy of their own minds isn’t important. What matters is what they do — and every single one of them went along with the selection of a radical extremist.
Yeah enjoy the civil unrest and insecurity. Remember the toilet paper nonsense when covid kicked off? There are members of congress who’ve openly talked about political violence being inevitable. Things will probably get much worse before they get better.
I’ve been legitimately telling my trans/PoC/whatever friends that now is the time to arm yourself and start networking with like-minded people because the right has been doing it for decades. They have connections and established support, both material and propaganda. They do not believe people different than them should exist or should exist as a “lesser” class.
I for one am not looking forward to going underground and trying to survive/resist the Christian Fascism that’s trying to grow up in America. Go vote and take your friends with you. Agitate for change, the silent majority never existed, they’re just a loud minority.
I’ve been learning a foreign language in preparation for emigrating for 3 years now.
I’m not giving up on my home. Injustice anywhere is unacceptable, and while I can’t blame people who do what the must to survive, I personally won’t leave the US.
Yeah, I’d feel the same way if I didn’t have a mixed-race family to worry about.
Where would you go?
Well, I’m not sure. I’m learning French, but that’s less because I have specific goals for Metropolitan France and more because, as a silver lining of colonialism, there are a bunch of French-speaking tropical islands evenly-scattered around the world. Even before Trump, I was thinking of early-retiring onto a sailboat and visiting some of them.
In a shorter term, “flee the US” sort of situation it’d be more about finding a job in any first-world country that would have me, whether I knew the language or not. (Paris or Montreal would be high priorities though, since I like what they’re doing with their bike infrastructure and such.)
Oh that’s cool, yeah a French speaking country would be my first choice too (if English isn’t an option) because I grew up in a family that sometimes spoke it. I’m super rusty though.
Thanks for the answer!