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Republican 'true believers' don't seem to realize they're Wile E. Coyote
Tim Rowland
April 17, 2023·4 min read
True believers know two things. One, they are right, and two, it’s only a matter of time until everyone comes to understand that they are right. Of the two, it’s the second that does them in.
The world needs true believers willing to put themselves on the line in the face of skepticism. It’s why we have air travel. But true believers also ascribed to witchcraft, faith healing and a flat earth. In a normal world, a true believer floats a balloon and it succeeds or fails in the face of evidence and the court of public acceptance.
In classic “be careful what you wish for” positioning, anti-abortion true believers snatched the brass ring by force-fitting Christian conservatives onto the bench of a secular institution, which facilitated the overturn of Roe v. Wade.
Americans have thanked them with a primordial scream of electoral outrage that makes you wonder how the Republican Party can compete in a tossup state ever again. From Wisconsin to Kansas(!) voters have voiced their support of abortion rights in no uncertain terms, even as state legislatures are still stampeding in the opposite direction of public opinion.
Why? The easy answer is that they have no choice. The 25% of Americans who still identify as Republican is dominated by the far-right, which is pretty much okie dokie with killing women who have the temerity to make decisions about their own health. You don’t win a primary without them, so there’s no off ramp on the road to fanaticism.
Republican 'true believers' don't seem to realize they're Wile E. Coyote
Tim Rowland
April 17, 2023·4 min read
True believers know two things. One, they are right, and two, it’s only a matter of time until everyone comes to understand that they are right. Of the two, it’s the second that does them in.
The world needs true believers willing to put themselves on the line in the face of skepticism. It’s why we have air travel. But true believers also ascribed to witchcraft, faith healing and a flat earth. In a normal world, a true believer floats a balloon and it succeeds or fails in the face of evidence and the court of public acceptance.
In classic “be careful what you wish for” positioning, anti-abortion true believers snatched the brass ring by force-fitting Christian conservatives onto the bench of a secular institution, which facilitated the overturn of Roe v. Wade.
Americans have thanked them with a primordial scream of electoral outrage that makes you wonder how the Republican Party can compete in a tossup state ever again. From Wisconsin to Kansas(!) voters have voiced their support of abortion rights in no uncertain terms, even as state legislatures are still stampeding in the opposite direction of public opinion.
Why? The easy answer is that they have no choice. The 25% of Americans who still identify as Republican is dominated by the far-right, which is pretty much okie dokie with killing women who have the temerity to make decisions about their own health. You don’t win a primary without them, so there’s no off ramp on the road to fanaticism.
