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well done!!
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/trump-voters-don-t-really-believe-biden-stole-the-election-but-they-do-want-a-coup/ar-BB1bMKHR?ocid=msedgntp
Trump voters don't really believe Biden stole the election but they do want a coup
"......Many of their long-standing beliefs don't hold up to modern moral standards or rational scrutiny. Rather than give up those beliefs, however, Republicans have developed a series of disingenuous gambits, conspiracy theories and trolling tactics to derail conversations, sow confusion and otherwise distract those who would challenge their indefensible ideology.
Of course, it's morally indefensible to come right out and say you care more about keeping your gas guzzler than protecting the planet. So, instead, conservatives claim to be "skeptical" of climate science, wasting their interlocutor's time by forcing them to prove, over and over and over and over again, that climate change is real. Similarly, open contempt for women's rights is hard to argue, so instead, conservatives will claim concern for "fetal life" to justify support for forced childbirth even though none of their other policy preferences point to concern about the wellbeing of children, much less fetuses....
....Instead, it's important to see those who support Trump's coup for who they are: People who have been radicalized, through racism hateful propaganda and a sense of perpetual grievance, against democracy. They aren't going to change their minds because of new facts, because the underlying belief which is that they deserve to be in power, no matter what is the problem here. It's a rising American authoritarianism, and we underestimate it at our peril."