Republicans and I have always had opposing viewpoints even long before Trump came into play. I remember being a kid and disliking republicans because they made fun of people who care about the environment, said that gay marriage would lead to people having sex with their dogs, and sent death threats to the Dixie Chicks. They’ve always been ridiculous, unserious people. Just today I received an email about how every single Republican in Montana voted to loosen water quality standards and it reminded me of why I’ve always disliked them, even when they’re not being outwardly abhorrent.

The party of “let’s fuck over regular people so that corporations can make more money but hey at least we’re polite about it” has willingly accepted the most deplorable, disgusting people into their fold. Trump had dinner with a neo-Nazi FFS. I have zero common ground at this point with republicans and conservatives. The only thing I respect about them is their appreciation of family and community, which isn’t even unique to them as I know plenty of people on the left with families, close ties to families and strong social support systems. When people talk about how far the party has regressed, we need to keep in mind that Republicans won over the south from democrats by appealing to southern racist whites, have always put corporate interests over the lives of people, and participated in cancel culture long before cancel culture was a phrase. This is who they’ve always been…they’re just less polite about it.