It's nothing but a humongous load of BS, to me considering Democrats actually rule and lead in the top spot for states with the least economic and personal freedoms in the entire nation.
This doesn't address my comment at all, which was about the idea that the Republicans have forfeited being treated with the same values reserved for Americans acting in good faith. They are enemies of Americanism, and should be treated the same as any other enemy of America such as Putin and the Taliban.
So it's freedom you want? I believe that you mentioned that you live in New York. Try one of those red states that want to ban abortion, books, history, and gender discussion. Many are also excellent for economic opportunity, like Kentucky and Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.
I think many conservative extremists privately loath themselves, but they have to take out their anger in attacking those who they oppose.
I see them as being fearful and resentful of others. Conservatives fear of anybody not a white heterosexual, and they blame their poverty and lack of opportunity on anybody but themselves and their actual oppressors, for whom they vote.
Just imagine a Republican with ethics and an agenda that aims to help the average citizen and you have a democrat.
Not quite (I assume that you are being a little tongue-in-cheek here, and that you very well may agree with the following comment). But you have a patriot, somebody who shares your vision for Americans, but not the particulars on how to achieve that. They might prefer foreign disentanglement to international alliances and payments, but they are still looking for maximal safety and opportunity for at least white Americans. As you suggesthe Maga Republicans don't care about such people at all except as sources of labor, taxes, votes, and campaign contributions.
I'm thinking now of Kinzinger and Cheney, who almost never vote with the liberals, and for whom I would never vote, but who I consider good people representing their constituents, their nation, and the Constitution in good faith.
Contrast that with what haunts the halls of Congress from Maga world - Greene, Gosar, Gaetz, Boebert, Cawthorne, McCarthy, Jordan, Brooks - people with no interest in the Constitution, good governance, or Americans' well-being. The former have more in common with you and me than with these Maga Republicans, who despise them (and each other now) despite their extreme conservatism. They at least have the decency to oppose such people and have several of them investigated for crimes against the nation. They seem to respect the Constitution and the rule of law.
