The other comparison the Professional Left podcast makes - and it’s more apt than ever for the Confederates - is the notion of the Nazis burning their uniforms as they fled the battlefield and lost the war.
These people are going to construct alt versions of the Republican Party, call it something else, most likely, but still run Republican Party candidates. Terms like “maga” and “America first” and “teabagger/tea party” are of course meaningless terms that can be made to stand for virtually anything.
The other comparison the Professional Left podcast makes - and it’s more apt than ever for the Confederates - is the notion of the Nazis burning their uniforms as they fled the battlefield and lost the war.
These people are going to construct alt versions of the Republican Party, call it something else, most likely, but still run Republican Party candidates. Terms like “maga” and “America first” and “teabagger/tea party” are of course meaningless terms that can be made to stand for virtually anything.