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CNN's SE Cupp offers her take on Republicans' and right-wing media's fixation on culture wars while many Americans are still struggling during the Covid-19 pandemic.
PJMcK
(22,045 posts)Yet another example of living in stupid times.
dutch777
(3,031 posts)there and if lies, culture wars, whatever gets them to "win", it's proven easier for them than developing and trying to sell sound, or for that matter even half baked, policies. We should not forget the Repubs had the House, Senate and WH for the first two years of Trump's term and made surprisingly less legislated policy headway than they could have had they been smart, focused and organized. As bad as Trump was, had he actually had any sense how to govern in our form of government, the nightmare could have been so much worse and harder to undue.
Sadly, while you can understand the Repub politcians being power hungry and willing to use almost any artifice to maintain a level of power, the people being REALLY stupid are the ones that see the evil of the Repub machinations and methods and still vote for them or give any heed to their insane messaging. I suspect this is not the first time in US history that almost 50% of the voters in essence voted significantly against their own and the country's long term interest, but more worryingly, likely not the last.
hurl
(938 posts)but she's spot on about this
Gore1FL
(21,151 posts)Hulk
(6,699 posts)Simple explanation: dRumpf opened up ALL the closet doors and let the loonies fly loose. They all saw other loonies just as nuts as they were, and hence, they believed they were "normal" human beings. Sad fact, they are some of the most hateful, ignorant and embarrassing pieces of human waste from every corner of this country...and yes, stupid. But they are convinced their ignorant ideas are 'normal".
It's going to take at least a generation to get them back in the closets or die off. Look at qAnon. They pump out some of the most insane bull shit, and these idiots lap it up as though it is "science fact". Scary times we live in. Can't argue with these idiots. We've all seen too many videos of their insanity. It's just a matter of slapping them backwards and letting them die off. Sad....just really humiliating for the whole nation to suffer.