Party gobbledygook

“If the Democrats win” was the title of a recent Voices page correspondence from North Little Rock, prophesying the end of the world as we know it should Uncle Joe Biden be allowed in the White House. Antifa will be in charge, the First and Second Amendments will be abandoned, unborn babies will be aborted in the streets, there will be no money, no jobs and, God forbid, the Green New Deal will be the order of the day.

It sounded as if this poor gentleman had spent so long in the Fox News echo chamber that he believed this right-wing gobbledygook. Perhaps it was intended as a spoof or parody, or better yet, perhaps the letter was from a Russian bot trying to spread disinformation among us unsuspecting Arkies, having confused the now digitized Arkansas Democrat-Gazette with other forms of social media.

I imagine if you asked the average Arkansan what Antifa was three months ago they would have guessed a small island in the Caribbean.

I certainly did not know that the term is just a shortening of anti-fascist. There was a time before Trump when most Americans were anti-fascist. One hopes many still are.

Rather than if the Democrats win, let’s focus on when the Democrats win. Undoubtedly, corporate taxes will go up, as will income taxes on the wealthy. After all, someone has to pay to clean up this mess the Republicans have made of our country. Yes, there is a new day coming, hallelujah, by and by!

DAVID ELI COCKCROFT

Little Rock