It never occurs to Republicans

[iemanja]

to make their platform more popular with voters. Instead, they try to figure out who they can keep from voting next: young people, single women, etc... and, of course, as many people of color as possible. They can't even imagine a world where people actually like their policies, which is why they never campaign on them.

[usonian]

1. You can't do that if your platform is built on White Male Christian Nationalism.

I seems to be the nazi playbook.
That didn't exactly work out, BUT
While it did, there was cruelty and murder galore,
and wasn't that/isn't that the goal for many?
For the leaders, purging the "unfit"

It has been said many times of certain people:

The cruelty is the end not the means.

My opinion. YMMV

[thucythucy]

4. "The object of persecution is persecution...

The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me?"
--George Orwell, 1984.

[yankee87]

8. Agreed

Cruelty is the reason

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. Talk about being FUBAR.....

[republianmushroom]

3. LIKE IT

[D_Master81]

5. You have to understand where they're coming from

Due to the RW media bubble, they have been told they are the silent majority and the libs are the crazy ones out of touch with mainstream America and reality. For them it’s easy to believe it cause it’s all they’ve known their whole lives.

[Mr.Bill]

6. True. If you go on wingnut websites,

you will find them accusing us of just about everything we accuse them of.

[Sky Jewels]

7. For many decades their main purpose has been to con the rubes

into voting against their own interests to grease the skids for the oligarchy. Abortion, anti-gay hate, the War on Christmas—whatever they could throw out there to whip the stupid into a frenzy, they used. I wonder what they’ll grasp onto now that the rug has been pulled out from under them with Dobbs.