I'm musing on the lack of patriotism among Democrats. It is an accusation Republicans formerly would not have made.
What changed? The "game" changed. With the help of Donald Trump, the Republican Party decided to stop being the political equivalent of the Washington Generals.*
Politics becomes an actual contest when the opponent stops being a patsy. Imagine how the Globetrotters would feel if the Generals played to win.
When your long-time patsy develops a 'backbone' and stops going along with your act, even undoing parts of it, it is an awful shock. Democrats hating Trump and MAGA is the result.
Our nation repudiated the Democrat-dominated game, twice elected Trump, and started dumping parts of the New Deal, DEI, and woke. That isn't a nation of which Democrats can be proud, hence their lack of patriotism.
Don't expect their heartfelt participation in our 250th anniversary coming up soon. The far-left Democrats feel jilted by their country. So do a few of the 'old Republicans' who preferred the role of patsy.
Personally, I like the new MAGA party a lot, even if DJT is sometimes over the top.
*Comedy foils for the Harlem Globetrotters' antics.
Later ... Also check out Sasha Stone's Substack entitled Donald Trump is the Counterculture. She's grappling with the same phenomenon.
