I feel a need to submit a follow-up to my original post following a recent post that included the following statements/comments, as well as many similar ones:
“the Republican Party has completely degenerated into an outright ideologically Fascist and Anti-Democracy Authoritarian party that is hellbent and determined to achieve total absolute control and domination over our entire government, political process, and society”
“Fundamentalist Right wing Christian Theocracy over our nation in total violation of the separation of church and state, essentially giving the Extreme Christian right wing the power and authority to enforce their own version of Fundamentalist Sharia holy law upon hundreds of millions of Americans who do not share or believe in their rigid views of the Bible or morality.”
“Will the Forward Party be willing and determined to take a crucial leadership role in that Pro-Democracy revolution against Fascism, again only time will tell.”
My (possibly mistaken) understanding of the goals of the Forward Party includes, among others, the desire to provide a centrist oasis for those who wish to find an escape from the extremist positions that seem to dominate both of the current two major parties, not just one extreme. That would include the name-calling, fear mongering, tolerance and support of outright violent activities from certain organizations (including some with Marxist or Fascist origins) and bashing of individuals’ religious or anti-religious preferences that currently come from both the far-right and the far-left.
The previous poster, an avowed Progressive-Democratic Socialist, seems to believe that only extremism on the far-right is dangerous and evil. Unfortunately, both the far-right and the far-left include followers who advocate censorship, violence and bashing certain religious orientations. In my opinion, both extremes are dangerous and authoritarian and do nothing to preserve any semblance of democracy.
If indeed the Forward Party is only interested in fighting the far-right extremists, and not the far-left extremists, then perhaps it is not the place for me after all. I truly hope that is not the case.
The previous poster stated, “All genuinely Pro-Democracy Americans need to finally unite and work together in order to fight back and defeat the dangerous authoritarian and dictatorial forces that are tremendously growing and expanding in their power and influence, most especially the Extreme right-wing Fascists that are now in control of today’s Republican Party.”
I would hope that the following revision would be more applicable to the Forward Party:
All genuinely Pro-Democracy Americans need to finally unite and work together in order to fight back and defeat the dangerous authoritarian and dictatorial forces that are tremendously growing and expanding in their power and influence, specifically the Extreme right-wing Fascists that are now in control of today’s Republican Party and the Extreme left-wing Socialist/Progressives who are rapidly seizing control of the Democrat Party.