We had a local candidate who wouldn’t shut the hell up about being part of a silent majority and then he lost the election in a landslide. Even if there hadn’t been two conservatives splitting the vote, it wouldn’t have been close, and you could tell it just broke his brain a little bit. He made a statement about how he was so shocked - he really believed there were all these voters out there supporting his bigotry quietly but never making themselves known, and he couldn’t fathom that they just didn’t exist. Meanwhile, he seemed to think that the huge amount of negative feedback he got from real live human beings couldn’t possibly be significant. Unfortunately, that lesson didn’t stick and he still shows up to meetings to publicly embarrass himself occasionally.
The election fraud shit was the natural path forward for them.
Like, the voters may be ignorant. But the people calling the shots at the Federalist society and other places aren’t stupid. They know basic psychology and how to manipulate their voters.
The election fraud shit was the natural path forward for them.
It’s less threatening to their worldview to believe that the election was stolen than to question whether their core beliefs are wrong. It’s literally a Simpson’s “Am I out of touch? No, it’s the kids that are wrong” moment
We had a local candidate who wouldn’t shut the hell up about being part of a silent majority and then he lost the election in a landslide. Even if there hadn’t been two conservatives splitting the vote, it wouldn’t have been close, and you could tell it just broke his brain a little bit. He made a statement about how he was so shocked - he really believed there were all these voters out there supporting his bigotry quietly but never making themselves known, and he couldn’t fathom that they just didn’t exist. Meanwhile, he seemed to think that the huge amount of negative feedback he got from real live human beings couldn’t possibly be significant. Unfortunately, that lesson didn’t stick and he still shows up to meetings to publicly embarrass himself occasionally.
Yep
The election fraud shit was the natural path forward for them.
Like, the voters may be ignorant. But the people calling the shots at the Federalist society and other places aren’t stupid. They know basic psychology and how to manipulate their voters.
It’s less threatening to their worldview to believe that the election was stolen than to question whether their core beliefs are wrong. It’s literally a Simpson’s “Am I out of touch? No, it’s the kids that are wrong” moment
Better example is American History X.
That old ass racist was just brainwashing kids and using them as disposible tools.
That’s how Republicans (especially trump) treat their voters.