OPINION:
The Most Dangerous Group in Human History
OPINION:
The Most Dangerous Group in Human History
By Karen Tate
Not Since Eisenhower Has There Been an Ethical Republican President
I’ve often written in my published books and essays that knowledge is power. Of course, I didn’t know that growing up in the South where our public school books barely scratched the surface on the evils of the Civil War, patriarchy, sexism, racism, or social justice. Neither were we encouraged to be good citizens with a firm handle on civics and how the government worked. Men and religious institutions were in charge and vital subjects like sex, power, religion and money were not talked about. Taking a back seat and having babies was a woman’s role in life. I had to move to California to begin to get an education and discover how stunted so many of our educations actually are depending on where we grow up and what our socio-economic background might be. Then I had to care enough to educate myself and leave my racist culture behind and become a feminist, or I think the more accurate word today is a womanist.
I’m reminded of all that in these last few years as I rub shoulders with those who would rather not know anything, critically think or choose instead to be apolitical and take a back seat and let someone else do their thinking for them. I have to remember we don’t know what we don’t know. Had I not left the South I doubt I’d ever have discovered the eminent scholar Noam Chomsky nor would I have taken the rare opportunity to interview him on my podcast. I wouldn’t have known he considered the Republican Party the most dangerous organization in human history and though he was primarily talking about climate change at the time, he also said, “Has there ever been an organization in human history that is dedicated, with such commitment, to the destruction of organized human life on Earth?” And he had not yet experienced Donald Trump’s presidency, nor was Project 2025 fully fleshed out as we understand it today.
I believe Prof. Chomsky assessed the GOP as he does for more than their position on climate change by reminding readers we have not had a lawful and ethical Republican president since Dwight D. Eisenhower. Knowledge is power and it’s important to be armed with truthful information. How many of us don’t know or were never taught the following facts about past Republican presidents and their administrations? As my historical account below will attest, Republican Presidents have been guilty of war crimes, election interference, committing treason, sometimes by conspiring with foreign governments, and much more, to acquire or hold power for decades since Eisenhower. Yes, there have been Republican traitors in the White House before Donald Trump even if you didn’t learn about it in school, discover it buried in the news or followed the headlines.
