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Trump and GOP use a fake panic about a "trans" Easter to justify their Christian nationalism (www.salon.com)

submitted 6 months ago by spaceghoti@lemmy.one to c/atheism@lemmy.ml

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It's easy to roll one's eyes as the self-serving dramatics of MAGA voters using false claims of victimhood as cover for their ugly views. But, as the threatening language in Greene's tweet shows, this "woe is us" act is deeply dangerous. The hyperbolic conspiracy theories and dehumanizing language serve to convince Republican voters that religious liberty and democracy are simply values they can no longer afford to hold. The message is Christians are so "under siege" that the only way to fight back is by stripping everyone else of basic rights.

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[–] Minotaur@lemm.ee 34 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I’m going to hand it to them, it’s impressive that the right has managed to market the left as being this “identity politics” party, while the rights focus has been almost exclusively pertaining to “identity politics” over the past 6 years.

It really feels like they have nothing to go on, but that’s fine because the average American largely votes based on what minority they’re grossed out the most by

[–] mojo_raisin@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

This obvious contradiction acts as a filter allowing the identification of dumb gullible individuals that can then be manipulated/propagandized as needed. This group is large enough that they become a formidable bloc, a source of news, etc.

This is how Spam email works to identify scam targets. All those misspellings and grammatical errors are not a result of carelessness, it's implementation of strategy.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The average conservative American. Not the average American.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 points 6 months ago

The median American then?