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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Yet another op-ed in prestige media pretending racism, sexism and transphobia among Republicans is a response to Democratic overreach www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/o...

Republicans Are About to Repeat the Democrats’ Biggest Mistake

Over the years, Republicans have portrayed Democrats as beholden to bespoke identities (they/them), obsessed with an alleged genocide (Gaza) and in thrall to anti-American revisionism (see the efforts to recenter our national narrative on slavery).

We are critics of diversity, equity and inclusion programs who largely agree with that characterization. We believe the Republicans’ war on woke has made America a fairer, safer place by checking some of the worst excesses of modern progressivism, from antiwhite discrimination in corporate America to biological men competing in women’s sports.

But we are also concerned that this backlash is morphing into something darker, dumber and ultimately self-defeating. Today the right has begun to resemble its depiction of the left: There are invented identities like heritage American, claims of white genocide in South Africa and arguments from right-wing influencers that the Allies weren’t the good guys in World War II.

What changed, in other words, were the facts on the ground. The Republican Party responded organically to a shift in public opinion, which was itself a response to a more assertive form of transgender activism — one whose definition of inclusion seemed to compromise basic notions of fairness. Once regarded as a political albatross, bathroom bills are now on the books in 21 states.

A similar dynamic drove the right’s dwindling tolerance for affirmative action and D.E.I.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Racist/sexist cranks in the Republican Party?! Who could even imagine this totally new thing that has happened since 2020.

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X&der @x---factor.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

immune response to cranks - who are these terrible writers???

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Duckwing Dark @publiusmaximus.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Not to mention:

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yesandMissHavthisham @steenyswank.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

They look like siblings.

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Nona ABOLISH ICE @lesleyzeelesley.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

For those wondering: these guys are Rush Limbaugh, Pat Buchanan, Jerry Falwell.

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Ellin @ellinnorx.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Don't forget NEWT!

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Oldcoach @oldcoach.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Ronald Reagan kicked off his 1980 general election campaign in Philadelphia, Mississippi, just 16 years after the murder of the 3 civil rights workers there in 1964. Tell me again about how the left made them do it.

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Woe, Chicken Be Upon You @saffronstranger.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The GOP hasn't been the "moderate option" since Reagan.

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Chuck the Vampire Slayer 🧛🏻 @sazeracla.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

In 2007 Bill O'Reilly "couldn't get over" the fact that there was no difference between Sylvia's Restaurant in Harlem and any other restaurant in NYC "even though it's run by blacks." "There wasn't one person in Sylvia's who was screaming, 'Motherfucker, I want more iced tea!'"

A portrait of the utterly punchable face of racist donkey Bill O'Reilly.

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John Pontoon, dissident revenant @johnpontoon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Bro! Jesse Helms is in Hell too!

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MKrebs 🇺🇦 @mkrebs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

And The Times publishing pro-GOP crap? Same old same old since the '80s.

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HomonculusFace @lazsaro.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Moved back to madison after the 2nd Obama election and was shocked by the open racism. Obama wasnt woke, he was simply black. It's the racism.

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Sicilian Johnny Mnemonic @jonsalvia.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Their explanation is so complicated and complex because the simple answer, the same party that supported Denny Hastert as the longest serving GOP House speaker while knowing he was preying on pages in real time, is that the GOP has been hurtling towards this point since at least 1994 if not longer.

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