In the popular imagination of many Americans, particularly those on the left side of the political spectrum, the typical MAGA supporter is a rural resident who hates Black and Brown people, loathes liberals, loves gods and guns, believes in myriad conspiracy theories, has little faith in democracy, and is willing to use violence to achieve their goals, as thousands did on Jan. 6.
According to a new book, White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy, these aren’t hurtful, elitist stereotypes by Acela Corridor denizens and bubble-dwelling liberals… they’re facts.
The authors, Tom Schaller, a professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and Paul Waldman, a former columnist at The Washington Post, persuasively argue that most of the negative stereotypes liberals hold about rural Americans are actually true.
They simply deny everything you present to them. Facts do not matter. They are literally living in their own imagination and refuse to accept reality. It is time to reopen the mental institutions and throw them back in, along with the ACLU clowns who let them out to begin with.
My gods y’all say some legitimately evil shit sometimes.
Defending against violent fascists is evil?
I know what side you’re on now.
You sound exactly like the rest of the violent fascists you deride as though they are any different from yourself, you tell us. As a reminder, what you said was:
Tell me how that doesn’t sound like a “violent fascist” to you.
Or better yet, don’t. I looked at your post history. Less than a month old, and the vast majority of your comments completely ignore the crimes of the right – you know, the fascists you claim to hate – while pointing out front and center even the tiniest faults of anyone trying to make things right these days.
So tell it to someone else. Your posts sound exactly like the people trying to rile shit up from the right, and to the exact same end.
I cant help but notice that your path of pacifism and “incremental change” has led to the rapid and accelerating rise of fascism…so until you can come up with a solution that has actually worked historically as well as mine has, you have no business trying to ivory tower your "superiority complex.
By the way, wtf does “less than a month old” mean? How is that relevant? Exactly what gate are you keeping, and by whose authority? How old are you? Were you born in the 90s or after? Do you have any concept of a world before cable news was able to spew nonstop propaganda and the airwaves weren’t saturated with constant radical fascist garbage? I can assure you that there is no possible way that I could be their equal in any way whatsoever. You would probably have nothing to compare to to know that.
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Removed, no threatening death camps.
no one said death camps, but ok. is lemmy another haven of limp-wristed do-nothings? there’s a reason i left reddit.
The modlog preserves removed comments, so, yeah:
“let me know where i sign up to round up the conservatives and put them into camps and i’ll be there, because I CAN READ THE FUCKING WRITING ON THE WALL”
That’s going to get your comment removed.
Check the sidebar if you’re not sure. Actually, if you’re not sure, it’s probably not a good thing to post.
ooooh, tough guy here.
ooo, weak guy here.
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Reagan shutdown the mental institutions.
Whatever hatred you have for the ACLU is based on your ignorance.