Just one example of how right-wing messaging works

I was flipping through the radio channels on a short drive and landed on a conservative talk radio station. The host was taking calls on the subject of election rules.

The host says "we need to change these laws to restore confidence in our elections."

Yes, because SHOWS LIKE YOURS have been filling your listeners' heads with false narratives about stolen elections.

Formula: Make up some bullshit, spread it over and over and over pretending like its real, then try to get laws changed to "fix" the problem you made up.

Lather, rinse, repeat

MAGA Politicians: Kill the Border Bill

MAGAts: Omg look at the open border! Thanks Kamala!

I read or watched something years ago talking about how the left are manipulated into keeping right wing bullshit alive. One of the things mentioned was how people always play the hypothetical game of "let's assume you are telling the truth..." because now it gives way for their bullshit scenario to have credibility.

Since then, I've stopped doing that because there is no "for the sake of the argument, let's say there is election fraud..." to be had. It's straight up bullshit and they are lying.

Part of the fascist playbook is to create problems or crises that dont really exist so that you have something youll pledge youll respond to once youve been given power.

It's the broken window thing. Republicans go around town breaking windows and then sell the voters on their window replacement business

Euripides posted...

It's the broken window thing. Republicans go around town breaking windows and then sell the voters on their window replacement business

It's kinda like what Mark Cuban said about Trump.

He's a bootleg anti-virus salesman. He's selling people a fake solution to problems that a majority of people don't have. He can't explain what the problem is, but he knows he has the solution to it (although he can't explain how the anti-virus software works), and if you elect him/buy his product, all your issues will go away.