theparadox@lemmy.world 2 days ago
There is a series "The Alt Right Playbook" that covers a lot of bad faith and manipulative tactics, many of which are used online.
theparadox@lemmy.world 2 days ago
There is a series "The Alt Right Playbook" that covers a lot of bad faith and manipulative tactics, many of which are used online.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I hate the one where you call them a fascist (because they literally are) and then they come around and call you a “blue MAGA”.
like bitch, if I was “blue MAGA” I’d be making IEDs and forcing abortions on women and shit. ain’t nobody got time for that. I’m building a garden so I can fuckin eat this year.
theparadox@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Calling someone “blue MAGA” is the equivalent of saying “no you!”
However, it’s time to stop pretending like some small group of “MAGA” conservatives have hijacked the party and taken things too far. The monied interests backing Trump are the same as have been backing Republicans for decades. The Federalist Society, the Heritage Foundation, etc. Mitch McConnell has been working to fill the federal courts with Federalist picks for a long time. Picking or just outright manufacturing court cases that would set new precedents. Hell, even those thinktanks are just recent iterations of the same interest’s attempts to shape the government as they see fit. Trump is just a nepo baby turned grifter who got lucky because his grift was actually effective at attracting and controlling the loudest segment of the Republican base.
Trump just transparently said “As long as I get filthy rich, get to be king, and you keep [metaphorically] sucking my dick, I’ll keep my followers in line and use my position to put your people in power so they can implement your ‘Project 25’ or whatever.” Republicans mostly objected to him because he lacked subtlety and was transparently greedy and petty. He ignored the game of slow, subtle changes and manipulation through “decorum” that Republicans had become experts in. Unfortunately for us, that worked wonders on a subset of the population
The people who helped those Republican politicians keep getting elected and basically wrote their proposed laws noticed Trump was popular. When it became apparent that Trump’s followers were loyal, the money jumped at the chance to fast track their vision and backed him completely. They helped tweak and hone Trump’s message to amplify his grifter magic. That plus some changes to election laws around the country, gerrymandering, and likely other more covert, extralegal vote manipulation got him back in power.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Anyone who unironically says “blue MAGA” immediately give themselves away as someone to not take seriously.
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 1 day ago
@BrainInABox@lemmy.ml is a troll.
BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
I committed the grievous sin of disagreeing with @internetCitizen, so they have stalked my comment history to respond call me a troll under every comment I’ve made.
dickalan@lemmy.world 2 days ago
No, I think you have the definition of that word wrong blue Maga is just the people on the left that are making money, commenting, andreacting to the shit people do on the right. CNN and MSNBC telling us the latest bullshit Trump has done is a blue Maga type behavior
Aqarius@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I was under the impression it was the “Hillary warned us” and “Putin is behind everything” crowd, since it mirrors the MAGA saviour and conspiracy fantasies.
dickalan@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Oh wow. You see, Russia is behind all this, holy crap this nation is cooked. It’s fucked it’s gone. I have a person on the Internet telling me Russia isn’t behind anything and they are totally not planning the destruction of the United States because they Totally have not had a singular leader(Putin) for the last 30 or so years where we have had disruption every four or so
BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
I use bluemaga to refer to people who behave like MAGA supporters but for the Dems: people who believe all disagreement should be forbidden, like the guy currently stalking me across multiple instances to insult me because I disagreed with him about the Democrats policy on Gaza.
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Btw I have asked you what your policy would be instead so that I can understand what your take is, but you won’t clarify, so I can only conclude you are a massive troll.
Let me say tldr it once again:
By the time of the election Palestine was in bad shape and needs to be able to live to fight another day. I never said dems were saints; just that the pragmatic need for the palestiniant people means we need to put political support in the place we can most influence; which at the time is voting blue.
Go ahead and let us know what your policy take is. If you are serious and not a troll that is.
BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
I have, you ignored my posts so you could continue to slander and strawman me. All for the sin of disagreement. You concluded i was a “Massive troll” because I disagreed with you.
Because the Democrats were helping to exterminate them.
No, but you do deny their genocide, and attack anyone who disagrees.
The Democrats were and are completely committed to the Palestinian genocide, we have no ability to influence that, as the previous 18 months showed. But you will not accept that, because you are a genocide denier.
Go ahead and read my posts rather than stalking my comment history to call me a troll under unrelated posts.
BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
You think all MAGA people are actively building IEDs.
Irelephant@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Blue maga? I wouldn’t encourage people to vote for the Democrat party if it had any viable competition.