• Makhno
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    54 hours ago

    The hillbilly trope for Trump supporters is counterproductive.

    Wealthy white, black folks and Latinos did just as much to get Trump into power.

    The liberal elitism so many of y’all cling to will only hurt the left even more.

    • @warbond
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      11 hour ago

      Huh, never really considered that.

      Do you think the levels of “caricaturization” (my phone doesn’t like that one, so I mean turning the “enemy” into caricatures) and satire directly correlate to feelings of fear or loss of control, maybe? Those in power don’t seem to use satire much, if at all.

      So yeah, I agree that it’s probably counterproductive, but it also seems to be a somewhat instinctual response, and therefore it should probably be guarded against in particular. Unless I’m overlooking some hidden benefits that aren’t just racist to some extent…

      • @Shardikprime
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        134 minutes ago

        That’s a perfectly cromulent word. Me? I use toonification