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If I didn't have to spend so much time trying to save the world I'd mostly be posting about space, sf, rabbits, and random other stuff. #NoKings
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I don't think it's that complicated - he just has no core beliefs and will say whatever makes him popular in national right wing media, which is the only place Republicans compete any more.
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Authoritarian Christian communities define good as doing authoritarian things—trying to convert others, trying to use the government to force everyone to conform to your Christian views, using and promoting corporal punishment, punishing people for being queer, protesting outside abortion clinics…
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On top of all the obvious reasons that's bad, criminologists have known for more than a hundred years that what deters crime is the likelihood of getting caught, not the severity of punishment.
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That may be how we got way wider coverage in news media that even big protests usually struggle to get. It struck me this afternoon when there was an NPR story that began by mentioning the parade, but it turned out to be just a lead-in to a great segment about the San Diego rally.
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And heavily funded by right wing organizations. A local Dem I knew started attending local TP meetings when they were pretending to be "nonpartisan." They would talk about stuff like getting buses to an event, but never about fundraising or where the money would come from.
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Every accusation is a confession.
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Good to hear that
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Exactly. The important part isn't that there's a "theory" that explains his actions, it's that the theory and actions are totally unscientific.