Greg Gutfeld Calls For Civil War Because ‘Elections Don’t Work’ in Bizarre Rant
Greg Gutfeld Calls For Civil War Because ‘Elections Don’t Work’ in Bizarre Rant
Gutfeld is a fascist fuck, just like the rest of that network.
And judging by that Hitler-esque screed, he knows it.
Isn't he supposed to be the funny one? Like, he's the right wing equivalent of Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, etc? How does one go from comedy to "we should start a civil war"?
Elections don't work when you keep getting rejected for your unpopular ideas yet keep trying them every year instead of changing funny how that works
Too late for them to pivot, far too late. They can't change anything without losing the base. And the current state of the GOP isn't about to be trusted by any new voters they might hope to attract.
tl;dr: GOP's dead and doesn't know it yet.
That, or they get their way and turn this country into a total fascist shitshow.
The best part is they knew. In 2016 they knew exactly what effect trump would have and after he won they shut up and fell into line and helped it happen.
Watching the crows come home to roost has been cathartic.
The GOP can't be called dead while it still controls the House and a majority of Statehouses. They might not have actually published a platform in 2020, but whatever it is they stand for still appeals to certain voters, even if their actions are against those same voters' best interests.
Poor education, crime, and border insecurity all occurred in the past 3 years? Got it Gutfeld.
Poor education? I thought that was the GOP’s goal, like not even joking?
He's right in a way. Elections don't work to elect the far right candidates that the Republicans keep putting forward. The problem doesn't lie with elections, though. If Republicans regained their sanity and went with candidates that moderate Republicans and independents could support, they would win more elections.
Of course, that's crazy talk. Instead, they will move even further right and advocate for getting rid of democracy to make things "more fair" for them.
Except the ‘elections’ DO ‘work’ where they have gerrymandered the shit out of places. And look, they have a majority in the Senate where they can rat-fuck anything that has a whisper of equality, justice, fairness, or PROGRESS towards a nicer, better world.
And why?!?!?
Because not only are home-grown fascists supporting them, but LOTS of dark money from Russia and China are pumping up their campaign finances and social media effluent.
LOTS of dark money from Russia and China are pumping up their campaign finances and social media effluent.
This is the biggest driver IMO, as these far right dipshits are all chasing social media engagement and then wonder why they're electoral prospects suffer anywhere they don't have a finger on the scales.
Gerrymandering definitely helps them, but there are limits to this tool. If Republicans gerrymander an area and there's a blue wave, they might not be able to stop it. This upsets the Republicans because they think they've rigged this race and how dare the voters defy what should have happened.
The Boomers are slowly dying out and, with them, a large part of the Republican base. (Boomers are about a third Republican, a third Democrat, and a third Independent.).
My generation, GenX, tends to be about 44% Democrat, 30% Republican, and 27% Independent. That's a loss for Republicans, but one they could gerrymander past.
Millennials are 52% Democrat, 27% Independent, and 21% Republican. GenZ is 52% Democrat, 31% Independent, and 17% Republican. As these two generations take over, not even the most aggressive gerrymandering will help.
Republicans are facing a potential collapse of public support in all but the deepest red areas. This is why they are looking for non-democracy solutions like "state legislatures can override the elections if the voters decide wrong" or even outright "get rid of democracy and install a (Republican) king."
A healthy political party, facing obsolescence, would change their platform to attract more voters. Perhaps a "theoretical healthy Republican party" could drop the "LGBTQ folks are evil" stuff as well as the "overthrow elections" garbage. They could stick to fiscal conservatism and might make headway that way. Unfortunately, the real Republican party believes that if the voters won't support the Republicans' views, then it's the voters that need to go.
(And, yes, foreign dark money factors into this to a large extent. It amplifies their party and keeps them around long after they should have died off.)
Here's to Dominion & Smartmatic making him yet another unemployed #fascist, soon.
Tv celebrity who would never pick up a rifle in a conflict calls for other people to die.
Elections do work, we're weeding these fuckers out slowly but surely.
Elections do work, Greg.
Be the first to hide and cry if it happned.
Geez, a radical right winger being unpatriotic and calling for sedition. Just a day ending in y in ReelMurica these days...
If it didn't ha e every confidence he knew exactly what he's saying I would use this as a great example of a back propagating argument. Where you start with the conclusion then argue backwards.
Republicans should be in power -> because they aren't that means the system that determines power is broken.
Gutfeld!
Fucking hack ass failed ass comedian.
I'm not a big fan of the guy's politics but he's right:
"If conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. The will reject democracy." - David Frum
It was a threat, not a warning.
So they're not even trying to hide what they're after. I can't believe this is legal.
I'm sure a bunch of obese and untrained LARPers will overcome a professional army with no trouble at all.
Yikes. And people CHOOSE to watch this arguing every day? Exhausting and pointless.
Have you ever seen Jon Stewart's demolition of Crossfireon Fox? It was a similar show and Stewart wrecked them so badly that they never recovered. It was glorious.
I can't seem to find the clip, but if you find the full video it's worth a watch.
Edit: Crossfire, not Hardball
He refuses to play their games and he cuts through the bullshit which these people have a hard time countering. The only problem is the constituents of those people don't watch the news, only react.
People gotta top off on their fear. That's the only way they can keep the massive cognitive dissonance at bay.
True, because of all the gerrymandering.
The GOP wouldn't fly if they went by actual votes.
I wish but it it's not that simple. They still have a base. It seems to be dwindling and rural but it is still there.
LOL love how he calls out the references to a civil war over slavery and some not wanting to allow it to change without realizing that he and his are precisely in that position now.
I agree, let's have a revolution, and hand over control to AOC completely.
In a real civil war, I don't see repubtards as the winning side.
In sheer numbers, no.
In general planning, no.
In individual combat?
They’re most likely to have access to arms on an individual level.
They generally occupy positions as police officers.
They generally come from the poorest states where serving in the military is a way to try to escape poverty.
These are some pretty distinct advantages, and as we saw from the Capitol Police debacle, they won’t hesitate to fight for their side when the chips fall regardless of what their sworn oaths to duty and country are.
The sheer stupidity will ensure they can never win. They'll probably start by accidentally fighting each other.
The reason they may seem stronger, is because the right is already militant and they are ruthless sociopaths. In case of a civil war, the left would become militant too.
Just look at how they handle things when shit gets real, they eat each other to save themselves.
I think you're missing out on the observation that the military is mostly democratic. And the lopsided advantage of urban defense. If you watched Georgia military ballot drops, you'd see that. In a civil war, you'd want to be on the side where guns alone don't win wars, and Democratic places would have a upper hand on drones warfare. And then, democratic states would be backed by the support of NATO states as their beliefs are closer.
Wars are won on logistics and, as Ukraine has demonstrated, the new way to fight wars is drone strikes.
So ... learn to pilot, I suppose.
I've never understood why you're average dem is so anti gun. They even continue to push harder on weapon bans during trumps rise. We've been careening towards authoritarianism and they're just like "let's disarm ourselves removing our last ditch effort chance to defend ourselves". Makes no sense
So trial by combat but for elections
Who?
This seems like it might help someone here.
Elections don’t work for Republicans, because we’re the first generation to be royally fucked and we’re pissed off. Boomers would be pissed too if they were on the bottom of the capitalism pyramid scheme.
Yeah and they so don't work for Republicans that they still have 48% of the house and senate combined. Those poor Republicans totally unrepresented
Only because of gerrymandering, voter suppression and the Electoral College. Far as that last goes, they have about zero chance if we went by the popular vote.
You might not have got the memo, but it's clear to the GOP they're on their heels. Why else would they be trying to pass hundreds of voter suppression laws at the state level?
No, see, conservatives are used to being the oppressors. If you stop that and make things actually fair instead, it's tantamount to oppressing them!
Gen X was the first generation to be royally fucked, but they were also whiny defeatist shitheads who insisted voting doesn't matter and chose to allow boomers to continue destroying society.
That's a pretty ignorant assessment. We were apathetic, but we hardly rolled over for the boomers.
GenX did the whole "vote or die" thing. GenX was credited with getting Clinton into office. GenX would have also been the ones to get Gore into office if it wasn't for the Florida fuckery. Imagine how different things would have gone under President Gore.
"Chose".... how is being outnumbered at the polls a choice?
We voted. We protested. We just didn't understand what was happening. And we are a tiny generation. There will never be a GenX president.
Well, we were mostly ignored since there is not as many of us, so not only did marketing mostly ignore us, the politicians mostly did, too. It's why you hear about Gen Y and boomers.
Not just Gen X. 5 years or so ago (would likely have been younger millennials or older gen z participants) or so I posted a comment to a thread on Reddit saying that everyone should vote and participate. I was voted down to the negative triple digits with dozens of responses about how voting doesn't work and is unimportant.
To your point, I'm Xillenial myself and definitely recall that defeatist bullshit when I was in high school.
So. Just like millennials then?
Or are you forgetting about the idiotic waste of political capital that was occupy Wall Street?
Hey look - it's "gen whine" to tell everyone else it's their fault.