Friday, March 31, 2023
‘I see this as a global fascist moment’: author Jeff Sharlet on interviewing far-right Americans | Books | The Guardian
Near Eau Claire, Wisconsin, I met a nice-looking family, dad, mom, son. You would never tag them for who they were. I see a little "Let's go Brandon" sticker – a meme that rose among the right which means "Fuck Joe Biden". And I get to talking to them. We talked for a long time. [The father said] he had a "Let's go Brandon" sticker because he didn't want to swear around his son. They're a middle-class dad and mom. They were always gun people, but not a lot of guns. Now they're up to 36, now they are arming up. The father had always been anti-abortion. But now it was like a dream had moved into his and his wife's mind. He described, in incredibly violent detail, the process of abortion. Then he described, in incredibly violent detail, the punishment he thought he and others were going to give to abortion doctors. They were ready for executions...
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