Is the "Big Lie" the best term to use to describe what happened in last election?

[kentuck]

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It doesn't seem to be very effective.

I'm not sure it describes what happened?

It was more than a "Big Lie". It was seditious and treasonous.

It would be hard to find a Republican anywhere who would say, "Yes, we were lied to. We were deceived. It was all a Big Lie. We were manipulated and used by the Party." They simply cannot admit what happened. It is political denial of the highest order.

[msongs]

1. repubs expect trump to lie, it's why thy voted for him again nt

[Frasier Balzov]

2. Trumpsters hate the term "insurrection."

It gets under their skin. They reject the characterization entirely.

I choose THAT.

Trump led an insurrection, and not just on January 6th.

[unblock]

3. It becomes more appropriate once you realize that the term was first used in mein kampf

[Hoyt]

4. "Big lie" is good. But dang, it was closer than it should have been.

[DFW]

5. I'm a Democrat, so the term I use is Big Relief

Republicans may see it differently, of course……

[poli-junkie]

6. It's a Big Con.

And Trumpers are making money off of it.

[Haggard Celine]

8. Yes, Trump is the biggest con artist in American history.

There have been many of them, but he went all the way to the top and almost got himself installed as dictator. Compared to Trump, P.T. Barnum had the highest of ethical standards.

[Crunchy Frog]

7. Big Lie is an apt description of the narrative

that Trump actually beat Biden in the election, and that the Democrats somehow stole it.

The term does not encompass the entirety of what TFG and his enablers have done to try to undermine and steal the election. That is a separate though related phenomenon which can accurately be described as sedition.

It's called the "Big Lie" because it's exactly the same strategy that the Nazis employed, which was described by the same term. It's appropriate and accurate.