I’ve been reflecting on this over the past day or so, and I’ve come to a realization.
Many of my friends on the center-right who are upset with me for making what I believe to be very obvious observations aren’t necessarily angry at me—they’re angry at the implications of what I’m saying.
The idea that neo-Nazism has entered the mainstream, potentially influencing the White House, is so alarming and existentially terrifying that it's easier to lash out at the messenger than confront the reality.
If they accept this, it means that the political home they've invested so much of their identity in, the movement they've championed for years, has become something so morally repugnant that accepting it feels like breaking their own brain.
The cognitive dissonance is overwhelming.
What's striking to me is the selective outrage. Many of these same people are quick to call everyone communists, often with little more than circumstantial evidence.
Yet, when it comes to countless instances of glaringly obvious signs of fascism in their own movement, they either look away or attack those pointing it out.
@Valleyofdeath77@politvidchannel Of course chat GPT is the ultimate authority on all things 🙄
Ask someone who is actually an expert on the subject, and not a computer program built on stolen data, eh?
@owenjonesjourno The conservative spokesperson being all "oh this is terrible, a fraudster in government!" as if the Tories weren't defrauding the entire British public out of billions of pounds for 14 years.
"[Louise Haigh] knew about this, the prime minister knew about this, and she was still appointed as the cabinet minister. Why is it a problem now if it wasn't a problem then?"
Former Tory special adviser Salma Shah might be stirring here, but she's right #GMB
@UKnowwho222@legaltweetz "I want other people to explain things to me, because I'm too lazy to learn it myself &/ I think I know it all without actually learning anything. I'm also too stupid to recognise that someone who studied for years requires payment to share that knowledge-they're called teachers"
Keir Starmer is challenged by @AyoubKhanMP on Gaza and why he refuses to call Israel’s mass slaughter a genocide.
His response: “Im well aware of the definition of genocide, and that’s why I’ve never referred to this as a genocide…”
Human rights lawyer btw. Shameful.
Theologically & socially, there are at least 3 distinct, major strands of the Amer Christian far right today (w/ lots of smaller ones too):
1) Radical Traditionalist Catholic networks & influencers, Opus Dei, etc. -- This is the world of JD Vance. Not my area of expertise. 4/
Since apparently the world is learning about the Junk Science that is autogynephilia, I figured I may as well drop Contrapoints old video on it.
https://t.co/QYSfIODWB5
The Labour party purged left-wing candidates like Faiza Shaheen.
They claimed it wasn't factional, it was about getting "the highest quality candidates".
So here's one of these "highest quality candidates", and an ally of Health Secretary Wes Streeting.