I really need people to retire this fallacy that says we're supposed to coddle the people who continue to vote for the fascists who are hell bent on destroying us and the nation itself.
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I keep hearing this thing about creating a “permission structure” for them to come to our side but we have been doing this at least since November of 2016. You would think anyone sensible would have come over by now.
Too many people believe their relatives voted as a “disenfranchised working class” but then have lost their shit at me for bringing up Harris’s progressive pro-working class economic policies. They genuinely want to believe that their relatives can’t be motivated primarily by bigotry.
The power of the validation of whiteness should never be misunderstood. The inclusion of those who can never be the default/preselection of who is American will always be the unrealized goal yet remains the wannabes addiction.
Fascist/Cult Psychology tells confirms that the WORST thing we can do is become Enablers. The first step is for THEM to admit they have a problem -- and we DELAY this step if we try to play the Cult Whisperer.
The Big Tent flaps remain open. But THEY must be the ones to take the step inside.
They don’t keep voting for fascists because of Democratic messaging or issues. It’s because they’re terrified of a world where simply being white, Christian and cis/straight ceases to be a golden ticket, and they’d rather burn the country down than share it with anyone who isn’t.
“Joe Biden capped the price of insulin but I didn’t like how he spoke about it so I voted for for the other guy who will raise the price of insulin because I like how he speaks about how insulin should be more expensive”
> they will keep hurting the rest of us & the country for selfish reasons.
After 10 years, 3 elections, & plenty of hard data, they can’t keep using the excuse that they didn’t know what would happen. They have to face reality.
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It’s only for so long that they can blame Fox News or plead stupidity. They’re deliberately harming the rest of us at this point.
The Big Tent flaps remain open. But THEY must be the ones to take the step inside.
After 10 years, 3 elections, & plenty of hard data, they can’t keep using the excuse that they didn’t know what would happen. They have to face reality.