I'm with you. I haven't lost any property to ED, but I can't stand bullies. I detest people who threaten, or file, lawsuits to intimidate people. I detest people who use govt connections to take other peoples possessions.
one way to tell the difference between an establishment republican and a conservative republican is this...
if the person supports using the power of the government to help the rich get richer, or to help big business to ward off marketplace threats from smaller competitors, the person is an establishment republican (aka chamber of commerce republican, rockefeller republican, corporatists, country club republicans, etc.).
growing up, i used to hear all the time that the GOP was the party of the rich. i rejected that smear. the republican party i saw was the party of the Constitution, individual liberty, and small business. this was during the Reagan years.
it turns out, i was wrong. the GOP is the party of the rich. i just happened to come of age during a time when that rule didn’t hold true nationally. unfortunately, the first order of business for George HW Bush was to restore the control of the party back to these country club republicans.
it makes me sad to see that the Reagan Revolution has been undone by these apparatchiks.