The disturbing truth about Republican identity politics
Raw StoryRepetition is one of the most essential principles in marketing. Today's Republican Party and "conservative" movement are fascists and authoritarians who in total hate real democracy and freedom. DeSantis is also taking away the reproductive rights and freedoms of women and girls..New research highlights the central role that authoritarian ideas – especially misogyny and hostile sexism – play in today's Republican Party and the behavior of its voters. PerryUnDem's research also shows that hostile sexism and the core belief that women are inferior to men is highly correlated with opposing women's reproductive rights. In a previous essay here at Salon, Amanda Marcotte explained how hostile sexism and misogyny fit into the Republican Party's strategy: Republicans know that there's no substantive voting constituency for their economic policies.