It isn't just a matter of being scared, but a malicious recruitment tactic. They present themselves as a neutral, disinterested, third party ("enlightened centrists") to try and ensnare gullible fence-sitters. The idea is their attacking liberals and the left, and supporting the far right, will come across as impartial and unbiased.
"I am neither left nor right, and have no skin in the game, so you can believe me when I say the Democrats will transition your dead grandfather in the name of Satan and Donald J Trump is the last, best, hope for Christian nationalism and white supremacy America."
Dems really need to hold them accountable. Omg so many times its about saving face, compromise, reaching across the aisle only to have their hands bitten off.
Allowed them to corrupt our institution to the point dems cant do anything. It practically almost too late now.
The single only way the dems investigate is if they are voted to take back Congress. Right now there are too few to steer the ship, but we can vote in more Dems in November, very soon if not right now!
They probably still won't. No idea why Americans think one side is their savior and the other is their oppressor. Neither party cares about the working class. Maybe the democrats care a bit more but they aren't going to save Americans lol. They've had decades to fix problems but they typically just add to the list. Americans just swap between two opposing flavors of bullshit. Constantly picking between a douche and turd sandwich forever refusing to see the bigger picture and try to actually fix issues. Good luck, I guess.Ā
Weāve been over this already! The Dems will write a strongly worded letter (maybe two) and say āWe showed them! Mission accomplished.ā Then go back to collecting money for their book tours and public speaking engagements.
It sucks that I can't even feel excited for a major blue wave because I don't think Schumer or Jefferies will change how they do things. Yes, it will be better than how it is now but I don't know if they're willing to fight to make it be enough.
This admin has started bullshit wars that fucked the global economy, annihilated scientific research funding, burned through our oil reserves, destroyed our soft power, wasted our military might, purged anyone in leadership that doesn't instantly suck off Trump, killed countless innocents directly & indirectly, damned millions to suffering, tore families apart, empowered masked psychopaths to attack anyone with impunity, threatened all our allies, encourages the worst among us that being a dickhead is a virtue, mainstreamed full on Nazi talking points, all while siphoning every dollar they can to themselves. The list never ends. They add some new fuckery every day.
Even if they all got blinked out of existence this instant, so many people are going to die because of their actions. Every MAGAt and dickhead that cried "both sides are same" has blood on their hands.
There is no return to before this presidency. The damage done is generational and it boggles my mind how many Americans don't see that.
They accuse the other side publicly first. With no evidence.
Then do it themselves and when called out on it say "it's only fair. They did it first."
It's THAT easy to con a ton of Americans into being ok with corruption.
All that Hunter Biden stuff, all those investigations for years, weren't able to prove anything. But it was enough to pave the way for Trump's kids to cash in on their dad's influence and power.
Because if you ask any MAGA if they have a problem with that, all they'll say is "Hunter Biden and "the big guy"" and act like they just scored a touchdown on you
Then do it themselves and when called out on it say "it's only fair. They did it first."
And this is why they plug "both sides" and their victim complex so frequently and so hard. Their own behavior is excused with the fiction the other side is doing it too and/or did it first. It creates a narrative of "self-defense" or "fighting back". As you touched on, it is a lot easier to sell an unethical or immoral idea to the voters on the premise that you're simply "getting even", as opposed to being the instigators or aggressors yourselves.
Well yeah, that's how Republicans operate. They draw heavily from the Soviet playbook in this regard by preemptively making accusations about the underhanded shit they have planned. It effectively poisons the well against their accusers when they eventually get caught red handed.
They use it for almost every political issue and most recently have had a great amount of success with it by using Pizzagate to derail the eventual Epstein disclosures.
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TheĀ soleĀ value of conservatism is respect for and obedience to [one's perception of] traditionally established hierarchy, and hierarchy dictates that those on top (in-groups) are rightfully idolized and receive privileges, credibility, and resources, while those on the bottom (out-groups) are demonized/dehumanized and/or bound by restrictions, scrutiny, and lack of resources.
To them, the second-greatest injustice imaginable is for those [they perceive to be] on top [of social hierarchy] to be bound by the restrictions, scrutiny, and lack of resources reserved for those on the bottom. The first greatest injustice is for those on the bottom to have access to the rights, credibility, and resources reserved for those on top.
Conservatives absolutely need an underclass [for society] to demonize and dehumanize in order to maintain [their] hierarchy, and every single one of their policies and rhetoric work to do exactly that. Unless the accusation is one of disrespecting hierarchy, every right-wing accusation is a confession --Ā every. single. one; always!Ā -- as it is neverĀ the act itselfĀ that upsets them, but rather,Ā the social standingĀ of the person doing the act, as said act is a privilege meant for those on top of [their perceived] hierarchy (See also: pedophilia - Trump and the Catholic church versus LGBTQ+ and drag queens; protests - January 6th vs. BLM and No Kings; parental rights - anti-LGBTQ+ vs pro-LGBTQ+; indoctrination - religion vs. education).
Those who believeĀ all people are peopleĀ see hypocrisy, while those who believeĀ some people are "more/less" people than othersĀ see hierarchy. Hypocrisy implies a sense of equality/parity, as the accusation of such is that someone is violating aĀ universalĀ orĀ commonĀ standard. Hierarchy directly states that thereĀ is no equality/parity, that different social strata have different standards, that the only universal standard concerning hierarchy is that those on top are allowed privileges which are denied to those on the bottom, and that the bottom are held to standards which the top are exempt from.
The goals of conservatism is to maintain the hierarchy, and ensure that no out groups obtain rights or power.
It has no purpose other than that. The appeal to base racism, or jingoism, nationalism, are all ruses. The conservative doesn't care about those things, they care about being part of a ruling power and using legitimized violence of the state to enforce it.
They aren't religious, they aren't patriotic, they aren't loyal to the nation they live in.
Rational conservatives maintain that a community with a hierarchy of authority is most conducive to human well-being.
Confucius is another possible precursor. His concern with the breakdown of contemporary political institutions led to a cautious, conservative political outlook; his stress on authority and hierarchy prefigures central conservative themes.
With the Enlightenment, the natural order or social hierarchy, previously largely accepted, was questioned.
Western conservatism is a product from the Age of Enlightenment -- specifically, a Counter-Enlightenment, a reactionary challenge to the concepts of Humanism. Its philosophers inherently reject[ed] a society governed by logic and reason, human rights and dignity, science and democracy, as its ideology solely appeal to the authority of traditionally established hierarchies.
Burke shocked his contemporaries by insisting with brutal frankness that āillusionsā and āprejudicesā are socially necessary. He believed that most human beings are innately depraved, steeped in original sin, and unable to better themselves with their feeble reason. Better, he said, to rely on the ālatent wisdomā of prejudice, which accumulates slowly through the years, than to āput men to live and trade each on his own private stock of reason.ā Among such prejudices are those that favour an established church and a landed aristocracy; members of the latter, according to Burke, are the āgreat oaksā and āproper chieftainsā of society, provided that they temper their rule with a spirit of timely reform and remain within the constitutional framework.
The very foundation of conservatism demands, promotes, and advances a stratified society where some people are "more/less" people than others via stressing the importance of established hierarchies and institutions (such as class structure) via illusions (lies) and prejudices (bigotries) and "alternative facts".
The words of republicans are not for the ears of non-republicans. They don't give even a third of a fuck about you, your family or what you think. Their empty words are for their red-hatted, drooling, dipshit followers who will swallow it all, hook, line and sinker.
You have to understand that the culture of the Republican party is Power over anything. It is the place for disgraced dirtbags to gain power. They will protect you if you rape kids. The bigger the crime, the bigger the clout. The guy that ran the largest medicare fraud in US history? He's currently in Republican leadership. Decent people don't make it in the party because it's entire culture is competitive shitbaggery. There is a reason that when you see a celebrity get accused of rape, they suddenly have a religious / political conversion to that group. That group recognizes one of their own, and welcomes them with open arms. The offender finally has a place they can let down their mask, and not pretend to not to be a rapey scumbag.
Anyway, they surround themselves with people who lie, cheat, steal, dissemble, rape, and pedo around. They honestly can't imagine anyone participating in anything straight up, without cheating or other shitbaggery. The concept of fair play eludes them. They assume everyone cheats because, in their world, they do.
This week in MI GOP candidate for Governor John James, US Senate candidate Mike Rogers and nearly every GOP congressional candidate have been scrubbing images, videos and all mention of President Trump's endorsement of their candidacies from their websites. Same for GOP candidates for state legislative races. Suddenly its President who?
Being dumb
Edit: your gif is hilarious, I should have lead with that. Itās typical maga doing dumb shit bc heās eating crackers and not actually eating them.
Fun fact: The cookies that Cookie Monster eats are not real cookies. They determined pretty quickly that the butter in them stained and soiled the puppet, so they make fake cookies for him to eat that just crumble.
Yawn. (Not down playing the obviousness of how important it is to call out things like this, but goddamn we need some triple wide bingo cards at this point.)
Most of the modern iterations of both right and left wing culture are a product of people living in troll farms, from places like Russia, and various middle eastern countries, who convinced a lot of you to believe in some pretty wonky shit, in the interest of destabilizing the west, just like you're seeing today.
What they've managed will be written in history books and studied for generations.
Now they don't need the people in call centers anymore, they just need people who has an abusive relationship with anonymous platforms.
Every accusation is a confession. The reason they constantly screech about Democrats being paid to protest is because they themselves are constantly bribed to show up to Trump rallies and events. They assume the same is true on the other side.
The University of Michigan College Republicans reportedly distanced themselves from Dashti and the paid-heckling proposal. America Next had not confirmed its involvement when contacted by reporters.
These fuckers project their entire playbook but the DNC is too fucktarded to do anything about it because they're trying to get establishment Democrats in.
I saw Abdul handle a press conference the other day. Holy shirt. That man can wrestle away any bad faith comments like no one's business. I mean, he SPANKED them with their stupidity. It was so impressive.
Frankly I wouldnāt have been surprised, but Iāve never once seen actual evidence that they have, do you have any? Or just the usual āany anti-Trump protest is paidā nonsense that Fox pushes?
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u/retiredfromfire 8h ago
Every accusation from the right is a confession.