So the above picture comes from a Facebook post from the Lawrence County, Ala., Republicans, who when informed there were Klan members lurking beneath the elephant, quickly removed the image and apologized for grabbing it off the web in the first place.
(The image comes from Mother Jones magazine, where it ran along with a 2020 article that explored the GOP’s racism.)
After removing the image from their Facebook page, the county Republican chair said this:
All apologies aside, is now a good time to talk about, under the guise of “election integrity,” Republican attempts to suppress minority voting? How about their recent attacks on the non-partisan League of Women Voters?
What about Republican’s desire to yammer on about racism…against white people?
Can we talk about the GOP’s faux concern about “entitlements?” Or their outrage at teaching all of our country’s history?
(And this is without mentioning Republican organizations in states such as, say, Texas.)
So the Lawrence County Republicans didn’t notice the Klan members nestled under the elephant, and that’s understandable. Racism has become a part of so much of Republican party policy, three little cartoon Klansmen would be easy to miss. Ask a fish to define water. Ask a Republican to define racism, when policies that support racism have been propping up the party for generations. (See Nixon’s Southern Strategy.)
Have a great weekend, sinners. See you back here on Monday.
So they stole an image from the web, didn't credit the illustrator or the publication, and didn't notice the Klansmen. Okey-dokey. Standard operating procedure for the MAGA Party. (The Republican Party is dead -- I thought they would have heard by now.)
Racism is so deeply imbedded into American life that many wear it like a warm coat
I never needed to hear that on tv or read about it in a newspaper or magazine
It was all around me
It was in my family
It was in my neighborhood
It was in my school
It was in my workplace
Much of it was subtle racism
Much of it was ignorant racism
Hearing people say that whites are the minority while they lived in New England always makes me laugh
When I would point out that fact they would say that down south it’s all black
I would say so you’re telling me that the red states down south are all black???
They always cocoon themselves in their ignorant racism by saying I just believe what I believe
I should point out that some of the people I’ve heard saying some of the same ignorant things were and are democrats
However most are diehard republicans