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

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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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[–] mojo_raisin 8 points 8 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.