Monday, March 6, 2023

Retribution

The rematch is going to get ugly. The fascist tendencies in more than one candidate aren't subtle anymore.
In 2016, I declared: I am your voice. Today, I add: I am your warrior. I am your justice. And for those who have been wronged and betrayed: I am your retribution.

Update (July 5):  Amanda Marcotte explains why no other candidate can defeat Dear Leader in the primary. 

What MAGA voters love about [him] is not that he's "tough," which would be laughable since he's actually a big old crybaby.
They view him as a punishment to inflict on the rest of the country. MAGA may stand for "make America great again," but in reality, it's a movement focused solely on inflicting pain.
[H]is indictments and other reminders of his criminality only increase GOP support. ... MAGA voters are unmoved when reminded [Fuckface] will struggle in a general election. It's really not about winning elections for them, either. It's about making the process of having an election as miserable as possible.
[Chris] Christie's words about how [The Defendant] "doesn't give a damn about the American people" don't matter to the MAGA base. They know he's speaking the truth about [von Clownstick's] views. It just happens that GOP voters also do not give a damn about the American people.

Update (July 6):  Marcotte also notes that modern Republicans are not just out to destroy democracy--they were more than happy to promote disinformation through a fake social media account.

For [MAGA] conservatives, it's not even really so much about lying as it is waging war on the concept of truth itself. The goal isn't to fool people, so much as it is to deprive truth of all social value. They want a world where what they want to believe is "true" and what is actually true is not relevant.

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