27 Jun 2023 9:08 pm
Reason #3: Treasonous Heroes
Liberals lined up behind figures like Clinton and Obama because, at least at the superficial level, they were charismatic. They had a personal charm that radiated like your wife's boyfriend's cologne.
Despite their shortcomings, they were dutiful. They (the Democrats) successfully handed Wall Street their Christmas goodies without too much hassle while leaders like Pelosi and Schumer distracted the rank and file sheeple with theater and token laws. And most Democrats, sans Bernie Sanders types, are OK with this.
Conservatives are a bit different. They love people who will "own the libs," their true calling.
Take Elon Musk - one of the largest beneficiaries of US gubmint subsidies. Elon Musk is a hero because he utters "free speech" (from corporate oligarchs) frequently and mocks "leftism." That makes him an instant comic book cape champion to conservatives, even though Musk is far closer to those despised "coastal elites." Musk is also an agent of the globalists who want to implement transhumanism, anti-family formation policies (like high real estate prices/massive personal indebtedness), "decarbonization," (the carbon they want to remove is YOU) and more yet conservatives remain infatuated. The same conservatives slobbered over Trump, who built close to 0 miles of new wall and drained "the Swamp" of approximately 0 swamp ghouls.
With leaders like these, who needs enemies?
Evil leftists: 3
Noble conservatives: 0
Reason #4: Narratives
Leftists have mastered the art of messaging.
Illegal immigration = family reunification/immigration "reform"
More handouts to blacks = reparations
Deracination = diversity
Homosexual marriage = marriage equality
Child sex surgery = "gender affirming" care
Women working as corporate slaves = "feminism"/gender equality/"leaning in"
Anyone who is even slightly "right wing" = white supremacist/extremist
Now compare this to conservatives' messaging. Conservatives say they care about these issues...which many do. Some will fight fervently to "protect children/protect women's sports" or whatever.
However, their messaging sucks...which shows. None of their talking points stick.
Remember, it was CANNON, a non-conservative, who called people out for being pedo apologists. None of the conservatives started using the term until CANNON started using that phrase.
But at the end of the day, the main appeal...i.e. the actual reason people vote for the R candidate, is the fact they (claim they will) help keep taxes low. Never mind the fact that taxes at the local level are higher than ever before - it's the holy 2-5% reduction in federal taxes that matter.
Ever wonder why Trump fought tooth and nail to get his corporate tax cut passed (which it did), while he surrendered on almost all the culture war hotspots?
Evil leftists: 4
Noble conservatives: 0
Liberals lined up behind figures like Clinton and Obama because, at least at the superficial level, they were charismatic. They had a personal charm that radiated like your wife's boyfriend's cologne.
Despite their shortcomings, they were dutiful. They (the Democrats) successfully handed Wall Street their Christmas goodies without too much hassle while leaders like Pelosi and Schumer distracted the rank and file sheeple with theater and token laws. And most Democrats, sans Bernie Sanders types, are OK with this.
Conservatives are a bit different. They love people who will "own the libs," their true calling.
Take Elon Musk - one of the largest beneficiaries of US gubmint subsidies. Elon Musk is a hero because he utters "free speech" (from corporate oligarchs) frequently and mocks "leftism." That makes him an instant comic book cape champion to conservatives, even though Musk is far closer to those despised "coastal elites." Musk is also an agent of the globalists who want to implement transhumanism, anti-family formation policies (like high real estate prices/massive personal indebtedness), "decarbonization," (the carbon they want to remove is YOU) and more yet conservatives remain infatuated. The same conservatives slobbered over Trump, who built close to 0 miles of new wall and drained "the Swamp" of approximately 0 swamp ghouls.
With leaders like these, who needs enemies?
Evil leftists: 3
Noble conservatives: 0
Reason #4: Narratives
Leftists have mastered the art of messaging.
Illegal immigration = family reunification/immigration "reform"
More handouts to blacks = reparations
Deracination = diversity
Homosexual marriage = marriage equality
Child sex surgery = "gender affirming" care
Women working as corporate slaves = "feminism"/gender equality/"leaning in"
Anyone who is even slightly "right wing" = white supremacist/extremist
Now compare this to conservatives' messaging. Conservatives say they care about these issues...which many do. Some will fight fervently to "protect children/protect women's sports" or whatever.
However, their messaging sucks...which shows. None of their talking points stick.
Remember, it was CANNON, a non-conservative, who called people out for being pedo apologists. None of the conservatives started using the term until CANNON started using that phrase.
But at the end of the day, the main appeal...i.e. the actual reason people vote for the R candidate, is the fact they (claim they will) help keep taxes low. Never mind the fact that taxes at the local level are higher than ever before - it's the holy 2-5% reduction in federal taxes that matter.
Ever wonder why Trump fought tooth and nail to get his corporate tax cut passed (which it did), while he surrendered on almost all the culture war hotspots?
Evil leftists: 4
Noble conservatives: 0