Eric Erickson had an epiphany this week after he became a a critic of Donald Trump and dis-invited him from Red State's little get together last weekend. That made Eric Erickson into an evil monster in the eyes of the Trumpoholic hoards who then vented their rage at Erickson.
Can We Recalibrate?
These are some of the emails I have gotten this week. They are still coming, even now this morning. The only thing I’ve done in the first three emails is delete references to Megyn Kelly out of respect for her. Those three emails all called her horrific vulgarities, sometimes in even more horrific combinations.
But these are the comments about me.
COWARD TO A NEGRO DEMOCRAT DAILY __YOU SUCK HIM DAILY WHILE HE INTERRUPTS AND RUNS HIS MOUTH TO DISRUPT A SHOW EVERY SINGLE DAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and this one
Hey Erick…. Go Fuck Yourself ya dipshit, not seeing it and then embracing it!…… MORON…. Bath in the TRUTH!….
and this one
You disinvited Trump! We’ve disinvited you. we had planned on streaming the event. That won’t be happening in our household. Hopefully you will become a conservative organization with some balls one of these days.
That one had a verse of scripture underneath.
Then there is this one.
Guess what, dumb bass, the non Washington Republicans, like us, want no fucking part of the current Republican Party, like you. Leave the real conservatives alone, quick mailing shit, quit begging for help, and most of all, KEEP BASHING TRUMP. You are incredibly fucking stupid.
and this one
Trump is the man! Fuck Eric Ericson. hope he and all women in his life are raped, beaten and murdered by illegal spics! Go Trump!
and this one
what a shill… u are just ordinary…..fukin Moron….I don’t even like Trump.. But u r the worst kind of hypocrite…I have never e-mailed a site like this..but u are what is wrong with the thinking, or lack thereof,, in the media….I will curse your site and ur name every chance I have…..Sell out mother fucker
and this one
Eric Ericson, you are a fucking despicable slob, you really are, a fucking slob. Like Trump said, you are nothing but a fucking slob and a loser. I can’t imagine how it is to be a fucking slob and a loser. You must have a fucked up life, a real fucked up life. I feel bad for you, but people like you have no shame or don’t give a fuck about what you look like and you baby fucking actions. Have a nice day ass hole.
My voicemail has had similar. My social media feeds have had similar.
I am getting, even here at the end of this week, at least twenty-five a day like this. The first part of the week it was about 100 an hour. There has been no escape.
Can we recalibrate here?
Recalibrate a movement built built on fostering fear and resentment to build the political power needed to impose the Far Right's radical agenda on America?
But folks, this is anger at an unhealthy level. It is anger that has gone beyond the righteous anger of repeated betrayals from Washington. It is an anger that has become unhinged and is potentially uncontrollable. Anger at that level is more often destructive than constructive.
Ya think?
But I don’t get this anger. If this is the anger that flows out of Trump supporters, I do not think it is sustainable. Yet it comes daily. It is poisonous to debate, to democracy, and to the soul itself.
Sweet schadenfreude!
We will not win if the loudest voices are these. You will not turn anyone toward your cause with a scowl and a pointed finger instead of a smile and outstretched arms.
Conservatives must rise to the occasion, not descend into a hell of rage.
I am a registered Republican and want to know why Trump is not invited to speak? This really pisses me off…. I am moving towards the independent party because of shit like this. Is Mr. Erickson really this fucking stupid? What an idiot….
I'll spare you from some of the hateful comments and conclude with the last two.
Mr. Erickson,
I hope you are blessed with an inoperable pancreatic cancer tumor. You’re a prime example of asswipes in the Republican party. I have voted Republican for 35 years and never again for a career professional politican. Trump or Carly or I do not vote.
You might as well go to work for the other side you pussy whipped snieveling piece of shit.
Here's a Breitbart headline from a couple of days ago:
"TRUMP EFFECT: IS ERICK ERICKSON THROWING DOWN GAUNTLET TO RUSH LIMBAUGH?" Erickson was a guest host for the Rush Limbaugh Show in July. Is Donald Trump fracturing the Republican coalition?
What Eric Erickson doesn't seem to realize is that all the anger and hatred directed at him isn't a bug of today's Far Right its a feature. Anger and resentments are the driving force that animates the Far Right. Today's Republican party has jettisoned thoughtful argument and civility, in favor of exaggerated resentments, and shrill hysteria.
I hope millions of Americans will reach the same conclusion about the Republican Party that Erickson did, as many Republicans clamor for Mr. Trump to lead their party.