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handmade34

(22,756 posts)
Wed Dec 9, 2020, 04:13 PM Dec 2020

"...don't really believe Biden stole the election...they do want a coup" [View all]

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."

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Preeeecisely. Nt BootinUp Dec 2020 #1
You have to find it kind of flattering Chainfire Dec 2020 #2
Brings to mind an old adage. "Three people can keep a secret, but only if two of them are dead." niyad Dec 2020 #8
Those $5,000 checks from George Soros help too! madinmaryland Dec 2020 #22
Yes, it is a "group thing". They are siding with their tribe. Midnight Writer Dec 2020 #3
Minority Rule zipplewrath Dec 2020 #4
Good summary of RW agenda. wnylib Dec 2020 #20
Actually, I think this is all a charade Mr. Ected Dec 2020 #5
The Russian cabal in our govt. have something to fear. 58Sunliner Dec 2020 #11
So sad, but so true.... Karadeniz Dec 2020 #6
These are people who bought into televangelists hawking Dumdum's win as GAWD'S WILL Warpy Dec 2020 #7
I keep having an argument where I insist that people want to believe what empowers them. 58Sunliner Dec 2020 #9
LOYAL opposition my ass. fuck the rite. pansypoo53219 Dec 2020 #10
I just read the full article. Oldem Dec 2020 #12
full article handmade34 Dec 2020 #13
this llashram Dec 2020 #14
I'm so sick of their hypocrisy LiberalLovinLug Dec 2020 #15
This is an excellent explanation for what's going on in American politics right now. Algernon Moncrieff Dec 2020 #16
Amanda Marcotte is no dummy. soldierant Dec 2020 #17
I've not read her stuff before handmade34 Dec 2020 #18
I'd start with Salon - that's where she usually appears first. soldierant Dec 2020 #23
The "R" party: Racist, Radical, Religious, Russian, Rabid, Rapacious, Regressive, Repressive, TryLogic Dec 2020 #19
Bring On The Coup nwliberalkiwi Dec 2020 #21
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