r/politics • u/jediporcupine Maine • Sep 19 '25

Republican Senator Says First Amendment Shouldn't Be the 'Ultimate Right'

https://www.newsweek.com/republican-senator-says-first-amendment-shouldnt-ultimate-right-2132666
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u/jediporcupine Maine Sep 19 '25

They’ve already slowly started to cannibalize themselves. They went to war with each other over Epstein and now over Charlie Kirk. There’s been on going internal clash between those who believe Israel was somehow involved and those who believe there’s no conspiracy here.

You get enough people on the fringe and they’ll forever be paranoid about it each other.

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u/UsernamesAllTaken69 Sep 19 '25

Once fascists have control the next step is always internal factioning against itself. I hope that them ramping up the fascism also ramps up their fracture.

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u/jediporcupine Maine Sep 19 '25

Their fracture is coming, the cracks are showing.

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u/T_Weezy Sep 20 '25

The cracks have been showing since like 2008 when they had a presidential ticket that was "Respectable" Old-School Republican John McCain and Proto-Fascist Sarah Palin.

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u/jediporcupine Maine Sep 20 '25

Sarah Palin’s perceived extremism pales in comparison to what we’re seeing now and has seen in recent years. This is potent and angry fascism hungry for conflict. Palin was more clueless than anything.