Not trying to be reductionist, but rather efficient. I lot of this MAGA stuff is spoken of in shorthand ("build the wall," "drain the swamp," "no needless foreign wars," "America first," etc.) which got me to thinking: is it possible to condense it all into easily explained policy chunks that can simply be partially rebranded?
So instead of "build the wall" it could be "end illegal immigration" as a core principle. Lower down on the list maybe there is the issue of limiting legal immigration in some areas, but we all agree for the most part that ending illegal immigration is the more core position.
What are your top 3 or 4?
Fuck it. Start using their language against them. Seriously, if a ton of Dems contested 3 out of the last 5 elections (2000, 2004 and 2016) and a ton of Republicans want to contest the last election..... ALL OF THE SUDDEN WE'RE THE CRAZY ONES???
In all honesty, use the above talking point. There have been irregularities, odd details, etc. ~80% of the elections since I have been eligible to vote! This should be something we can agree on meaning: voter ID, add'l voter registration scrutiny, voting machine audits and the like.
So here are the two options as I see it regarding the entire phenomenon and believe it or not they are both POTENTIAL YUGE WINS for our side. None of this is based on any knowledge or information (insider or otherwise) NOR is ANY OF THIS POST really speculation on my part either. Just simply applying logic to what are the plain facts.
OPTION 1) "Q" Was Affiliated With Trump Somehow
OPTION 2) "Q" Was Not Affiliated With Trump In Any Way At All
If 1) then you literally "believe" in Q. If 2) then you literally "believe" in Q as well but you actually believe in an additional layer of conspiracy that without proof is just a theory.
BUT ALSO:
If 1) then there is potential that "Q" is still going on. If 2) then FOR SURE "Q" is still going on.
ONE LAST THING..... PERHAPS SAVING THE BEST FOR LAST:
If 1) that means Trump could reveal "Q" if he wanted to. If 2) then Trump could reveal "Q" if he wanted to, in turn exposing a giant psyop.... one that is presumably against him and his administration.
Basically the only way any of this works against Trump is if somehow he had zero connection to it or idea who was behind it and just let it grow like a wildfire and is still doing so for some reason despite it not having anything to do with him. When you put it that way this almost seems like the MOST FARFETCHED of all the possible scenarios. That is, unless you think he's some kind of moron that doesn't understand meme culture, marketing and the like.
It's that I know that many of them didn't even vote Trump in 2016. An even larger portion of you voted for Obama, and a subset of that group voted for him twice..... enthusiastically!
What is my point?
Things change. Four years is an eternity in politics.
Trump was the first person elected for President that many of us (myself included) personally had voted for. He won't be the last. They're going to fuck this up. Royally. It's what they do.
Serious question.... this would save billions of dollars nationwide.
Check and mate, authoritarian left.
.... is because neither of them stood for a damn thing.
ps: fuck that harpy cindy mccain too!
It is also so obvious when it happens as you suddenly have your last 50 posts with one lone downvote. I seriously get a big kick out of it, especially when visualizing the person doing it who is likely thinking "I'll show him."
Honestly downvoting in general is pretty damn cringe IMO unless it's to a post for giving a low effort insult. Like "I disagree with what you said, better downvote it" is just reddit level lame and seems pretty ghey to me. Upvote the good, downvote the horrid. But 99.9% of posts are in between.
It's where Ben Sasse keeps his head... up Ben's ass.