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oshead 20 points ago +20 / -0

Nope, they actually believe this. It's called counter messaging. When they are being accused of something, don't respond to it but the virtue signal back out to your followers. This message is not for us. It's for leftards and commie bastards. It's what they want to hear.

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Ninjatude 1 point ago +1 / -0

You've opened my eyes, man.

All this "Yeah but Trump is an [insert slur here]" has been countermessaging from the start.

Actually, it makes sense why they keep going with the weak virtue signals now.

At this point, gay people have all the same rights in the US. So why keep going with the "bake us a cake" levels of craziness? It's because they can just keep saying "yeah but gay people deserve the same rights" and know that people will generally agree, despite the fact that it's already been done.

It makes sense why they're pushing illegals' rights, because most people would agree that immigrants shouldn't be subject to prejudice. They conflate an innocuous, mass held opinion with a radical idea, not because they want to make progress on the radical idea, but so they can keep pushing the conflated but generally agreed on opinion.