Republicans have been repeating this line since the Clinton Administration (at least).
Historically, the actual elected representatives would be going on network news and having “debates” that merely implied it, while hatchetfolks like Ann Coulter and Sean Hannity made the claim explicit. But now the Kool-aid vendors have become the Kool-aid drinkers. Trump’s as saturated in this propaganda as anyone else in the party. So he’s just saying the quiet part out loud, because its what the conservative Boomer/Millennial base has been indoctrinated into believing.
I mentioned at work, when the conversation turned to the shutdown and the blame was firmly placed on democrats, that both chambers of the legislature and the executive branch are controlled by the same party. And of course o got push back that it’s all because the democrats wouldn’t compromise. And it just feeds like I’m continually slamming my head into a wall when talking to these regular everyday people. The propaganda is so pervasive, it feels like, what even is the point? How do we break our coworkers/family/friends/etc out of the lock? That is the part that I don’t understand.
“Why would democrats compromise when the Republican regime is ending healthcare for millions just so a few billionaires can pay even less in taxes than they already do? Don’t you think rural communities should have access to hospitals?”
Ironically, the Dems are refusing compromise largely to protect Republican constituents. This is one of our best opportunities to remove the wool from their eyes. Try to find a way to break through if you can.
You don’t. All you can do is always act with empathy, kindness, and respect and just hope for the best. We can’t control everything in the world, but we can control how we allow ourselves to feel about it and react to it in whatever positive, constructive ways you can. These are the best ways to respond.
There’s no left information propaganda channel like fox news and there needs to be…where the heck is Bloomberg and his money funding a media empire? These people are controlled and “Informed” solely by TV and their peers who watch TV and fox news has been the poison for a decade.
Secondary reminder that the man literally demonizing his opponents has declared it to be criminal to criticise him or his cronies by accurately describing them with politically descriptive nouns or adjectives.
This doesn’t just go away with the next midterms people, there ain’t gonna be no next midterms, not meaningfully anyway, unless people actually do something to stop and depose this fucking madman.
Which is why I remind people at every opportunity that he really, sincerely, is unhinged.
This goes way beyond political rhetoric and hyperbole - he’s bludgeoningly obviously profoundly mentally ill.
Much is unsurprisingly made of the march to fascism under his administration, but the thing is that that’s really being accomplished by the people around him. He isn’t leading the country to fascism or to any other thing. He’s just sitting there in the Oval Office, surrounded by bright shinies, doing whatever his warped perceptions and stunted emotions compel him to do, And it’s just convenient for the fascists that the natural instincts of a fragile, delusional, sociopathic egomaniac, toxic narcissist and craven bully with the emotional development of a toddler lend themselves so well to fascism.
Swear to god, US liberals just stand on the sidelines shouting about how dogs can’t play basketball while a golden retriever dunks on them over and over
Just your daily reminder that the President of the United States is a deranged lunatic.
Republicans have been repeating this line since the Clinton Administration (at least).
Historically, the actual elected representatives would be going on network news and having “debates” that merely implied it, while hatchetfolks like Ann Coulter and Sean Hannity made the claim explicit. But now the Kool-aid vendors have become the Kool-aid drinkers. Trump’s as saturated in this propaganda as anyone else in the party. So he’s just saying the quiet part out loud, because its what the conservative Boomer/Millennial base has been indoctrinated into believing.
I mentioned at work, when the conversation turned to the shutdown and the blame was firmly placed on democrats, that both chambers of the legislature and the executive branch are controlled by the same party. And of course o got push back that it’s all because the democrats wouldn’t compromise. And it just feeds like I’m continually slamming my head into a wall when talking to these regular everyday people. The propaganda is so pervasive, it feels like, what even is the point? How do we break our coworkers/family/friends/etc out of the lock? That is the part that I don’t understand.
“Why would democrats compromise when the Republican regime is ending healthcare for millions just so a few billionaires can pay even less in taxes than they already do? Don’t you think rural communities should have access to hospitals?”
Ironically, the Dems are refusing compromise largely to protect Republican constituents. This is one of our best opportunities to remove the wool from their eyes. Try to find a way to break through if you can.
You don’t. All you can do is always act with empathy, kindness, and respect and just hope for the best. We can’t control everything in the world, but we can control how we allow ourselves to feel about it and react to it in whatever positive, constructive ways you can. These are the best ways to respond.
There’s no left information propaganda channel like fox news and there needs to be…where the heck is Bloomberg and his money funding a media empire? These people are controlled and “Informed” solely by TV and their peers who watch TV and fox news has been the poison for a decade.
You don’t.
War is politics when all other means of discourse have failed.
Secondary reminder that the man literally demonizing his opponents has declared it to be criminal to criticise him or his cronies by accurately describing them with politically descriptive nouns or adjectives.
This doesn’t just go away with the next midterms people, there ain’t gonna be no next midterms, not meaningfully anyway, unless people actually do something to stop and depose this fucking madman.
Which is why I remind people at every opportunity that he really, sincerely, is unhinged.
This goes way beyond political rhetoric and hyperbole - he’s bludgeoningly obviously profoundly mentally ill.
Much is unsurprisingly made of the march to fascism under his administration, but the thing is that that’s really being accomplished by the people around him. He isn’t leading the country to fascism or to any other thing. He’s just sitting there in the Oval Office, surrounded by bright shinies, doing whatever his warped perceptions and stunted emotions compel him to do, And it’s just convenient for the fascists that the natural instincts of a fragile, delusional, sociopathic egomaniac, toxic narcissist and craven bully with the emotional development of a toddler lend themselves so well to fascism.
Swear to god, US liberals just stand on the sidelines shouting about how dogs can’t play basketball while a golden retriever dunks on them over and over