The time has come for Republicans to denounce their hate peddlers or be stained by them.

[kpete]

SUN JUN 21, 2015 AT 08:01 AM PDT
After Charleston, the time has come for Republicans to denounce hate peddlers or be stained by them

After the Charlie Hebdo murders, and every other terrorist attack committed by Muslim fundamentalists, many people demanded that Muslim leaders condemn these acts and renounce those Muslims who did preach hatred of non-Muslims, who did stoke the passions that led to the terrorist murders. Of course, that's exactly what mainstream Muslims have done, time and again. Now the time has come to ask exactly the same thing of American conservatives who wish to be considered mainstream. There can be no double standards.

Too many prominent Republicans have long danced with the devil. The time has come for them to choose between those who would tear our country apart, and those who seek to make our country a better, more just place. Republicans must fully and unreservedly denounce those who peddle fear and hatred of black Americans. They must refuse to appear with the hate peddlers, or cultivate or even accept their support in any way. And we the people must hold them to that promise by ensuring that anyone who breaks it is never again elected to public office. The time has come. In fact, the time is long past. But better late than never.



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[ladjf]

1. The Republicans have no intentions to change anything about the philosophy or tactics.

Their disingenuous strategies have been working well for THEM for quite a few years now. Why change? Apparently, somebody in America keeps voting for them.

[daleanime]

2. K&R.....

[Fred Sanders]

3. Renounce? They can not until Fox releases them from the contractual obligation to tow the line or

Fox will set their brain-dead zombie hordes on them, which, coincidently, are the majority of the primary voters in Iowa and NH.....quite the quandary.

And what is stopping the cash-lusting media from doing it?

[malaise]

5. +1,000

They will go down with their racist ideology

[Abouttime]

24. They are going down

South Carolina governor Nikki Haley will lose her office over her support for the Confederate flag. The Republicans will lose the next Presidential election because of their racism.

[Bluenorthwest]

15. That's fun rhetoric I guess, but the actual viewer numbers Fox generates does not support that

assertion that they have a majority audience. They have a tiny, wee audience. The advertisers they attract easily demonstrate the low cost, high age nature of their audience.

It's time for Democrats to study up and get a grip on the facts. They are not the leading news source for Americans, not in Iowa nor in NH, nor anywhere else. They are a niche, cult market. Most of their programming gets ratings so very low that it's hard to call it mass media with a straight face.

That goes for other 'cable news' outlets as well. People on DU will go insane over something 'Morning Joe' said and yet his audience contains about 300,000 people which is a drop in the 318,000,000 and change this country has as potential viewers.

[lastlib]

26. Unfortunately, those 300,000 are ones who VOTE.

And there are too many who don't, so we get what we get.

[font size =10]Get out the Vote, People!![/font size]

[calimary]

21. Well GOOD then! That means they're STUCK in it.

They're STUCK like moth specimens pinned to a display board.

[mulsh]

4. They're "catapulting the propaganda" as one of their tool so succinctly put it

Republicans enthusiastically approve all the hate and nastiness that why they never refute it. This has been going on for years and for years we hear nothing from those people. If republicans did not approve of all of this they would quash it before it hit the streets.

[Fred Sanders]

6. And they get away with refuting their terrorist sympathizing because the media CEO's let them. Only

if the dog whistles are too human sounding do they get media condemnation...remember the whole "rape can be good" politicians fate?

I blame the media, this racist, racist, xenophobic, science-denying GOP is their creation.

The mass media in America is a monopoly, a thinly disguised monolithic creature of white privilege on steroids.

[BlueJazz]

22. What Fred said.

[Betty Karlson]

7. That time was over a decade ago, in my opinion.

Now, it's past time. Well past time. Because the hate peddlers denounce the Republicans these days.

[durablend]

8. Never happen

Anyone who opens their mouth to repudiate it will find their political career over with.

[konnie]

9. too late

all they are is one gigantic stain on humanity. there isn't one category that they haven't stained, tainted, spoiled. can anyone name one thing they have made better? just one.

[truebluegreen]

10. Agree. Too late!

Welcome to DU

[sarge43]

18. You're right.

Their greedy hate has devoured them. Nothing left to redeem or even attempt to change.

Welcome to DU.

[3catwoman3]

32. Agreed. They are already...

...deeply stained, and clothing that is too badly stained to wear, should be thrown out.

[Enthusiast]

11. They cannot abandon their racist identity. Ever.

That is what they are.

[Stuart G]

14. I agree, that is who/what they are..nt

[Duppers]

25. Exactly. Their hate peddling is red meat

for their base.

There are basically 2 kinds of Republicans: the narcissistic, sociopathic rich and the larger voting group-- the ignorant haters who wrap themselves in the flag and their warped version of christianity which they use to justify their hate.

[napkinz]

30. yep!

[ruffburr]

12. Denounce hate peddlers?-

Crimminy!!!! They are the hate peddlers, Stained by them? This is waaay beyond a stain it is the Right wing philosophy and creed,
There are no "Republicans" any more just "Corporatists" manipulating the low information voters while running a campaign against critical thinking, and/or dissent by the people, Using consumerism and debt manipulations to undermine the will of the people. That's all I have to say 'bout that!

[BumRushDaShow]

13. Only way to make them do something is to bankrupt them. nt

[bucolic_frolic]

16. And they all think like the wealthy

so they elude taxes and morph as needed to grow their assets

Not sure this will ever work

[BumRushDaShow]

19. In the late-'80s & into the '90s, the KKK was essentially bankrupted

The cases (here and here) were interesting footnotes to earlier historical means of essentially shoving hate groups under a rock - at least temporarily. They have slowly re-emerged thanks to the internet, so the means to suppress them again, would need to change.

But the only thing they respond to that keeps them going is M.O.N.E.Y. Take that away and they are nothing.

[kairos12]

17. Won't do it. These people are their base.

[Nay]

20. What do you mean? They ARE the hate peddlers. Listen to Cruz, Santorum, Huckabee,

any of them. They have no intention of denouncing the things they actually believe in.

[Liberalagogo]

23. Don't

hold your breath.

[HassleCat]

27. They need them

Some Republicans may even love them. They have become so adept at denouncing them while sending them coded messages of inclusion, it's just amazing. Of course, they always jump right out there with the deflection tactics, categorizing racist violence as mental illness, a drug problem, the influence of violent video games, etc. When I hear it, it sounds like, "We love you, but we have to denounce your actions in public, but we love you, and we'll protect you, and we'll make sure you have access to weapons, and we'll block any legislation that might threaten you."

[Jester Messiah]

28. The time has come?

More like come and gone. It's long since passed. They're stained like an old smoker's teeth. They're stained like red wine on a white carpet; it's permanent.

[Person 2713]

29. Pushing hate is how they collected their current base . More a badge than stain to them

Known to be outragous hypocrites the Muslim call out from them will not register for comparison

[40RatRod]

31. Amen!

[Skittles]

33. LOL they're kind of stuck, aren't they?

they cannot denounce hate peddlers without alienating a major portion of their base