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The key element in comparison

moat — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 20:21:07 +0000

In reply to Atlantic: The GOP has become the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of the late 1970s.

The key element in comparison is this from Nichols:

Another lesson from all this history is that the Republicans have no path to reform.

No lessons to learn. Nothing to attain but being able to say something has been obtained.

Talking politics, talking to

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 20:02:03 +0000

In reply to Atlantic: The GOP has become the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of the late 1970s.

Talking politics, talking to police

(he assumed comrade lieutenant would make it go away.

Easy to mistake a man flying through your window for a deer.

Even if he left his glasses on your front seat. Some deer don't see so good either. And that flashlight glowing in the dark? Anyone could've missed it...)

Asked by investigators why he returned to the scene the next day to look for the "deer" (suspicious!), Ravnsborg pats himself on the back for finding the body: "To my credit ... if I didn't find him, how long would he have laid there?" pic.twitter.com/nSv0l47UpI
— Timothy Johnson (@timothywjohnson) February 26, 2021

just discovered why he's

artappraiser — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 06:33:35 +0000

In reply to your link didn't take, here

just discovered why he's prone to thinking that way by looking up his bio. on Lincoln Project

Tom Nichols is an academic specialist on international affairs, currently a professor at the U.S. Naval War College and at the Harvard Extension School. His work focuses on issues involving Russia, nuclear weapons, and national security affairs. He is also author of the book, The Death of Expertise.

your link didn't take, here

artappraiser — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 06:29:49 +0000

In reply to Atlantic: The GOP has become the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of the late 1970s.

your link didn't take, here it is in a tweet, it's by "Radio Free Tom" Nichols (of Lincoln Project); haven't read it yet, but imagine the comparison is to the sclerosis and yes-man-to-proganda-you-don't-really-believe of the old Soviet gang:

Tom Nichols: The GOP has become, in form if not in content, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of the late 1970s. https://t.co/Zb19k0LyoU
— Sue Stone (@knittingknots) February 25, 2021