Luigi, MAGA, ambient payola, patriotism, lawnmowers, and the hour of the barbarian
40+ observations on the Left's BS, the Right's BS, and America's BS.
I aināt saying theyāre equally bad, but both sides are overflowing with crap. Letās take a lookā¦
š« LEFT BS: How can so many on the left justify the assassination of that United Healthcare CEO?
When you live life online, everything becomes a video game. Thatās why so many screen addicts were able to justify Luigi gunning down someoneās dad in midtown (and so much else). Eventually, everyone whoās not you just becomes a NPC in an adventure game. Itās like how you can run over a hooker in Grand Theft Auto and itās fine. Screens compress reality until everything just feels like pixels.
š Right BS: Why do the elites hate MAGA so much?
Spokesman for the elites here! The thing is MAGA does not have an ideology, it is a cult of personality. Thatās why itās willing to violate its alleged ābeliefsā whenever dear leader says so. See: foreign intervention (Venezuela & Iran), 2A (Alex Pretti), free speech (Jimmy Kimmel), government overreach (ICE), etc. Basically itās for people who want to obey, not think. Also, elites are people who travel, read books, and create art. Those are pathways to empathy and compassion, things MAGA seems allergic to. If the people who do those things and feel those ways fervently disagree with you, maybe itās time to ask yourself just why that is.
š« LEFT BS: Why does the left keep losing the culture war?
Dems could say this: āI love America. Men arenāt inherently toxic. Capitalism is a great system when itās done fairly. And itās good when people are religious.ā Voila. Instant landslides. Take yes for an answer! But we. just. canāt. Instead, the left marinates in identity, grievance, and purity tests ā a formula that yields Likes on social media but iffy-at-best results in any election that isnāt in safe blue territory. Grrrr. Dems always seem to forget the goal is to win swing states, not comment sections.
š Right BS: Many who voted for 47 now say, āThis isnāt what I voted for.ā Should we forgive them?
First of all, it is what they voted for. They voted for a con man and they got conned. I can forgive them if they look in the mirror and examine how they got fooled. Who did they trust that they shouldnāt have? What media did they consume that they shouldnāt? How did they wind up purchasing a suitcase full of snake oil? Because plenty of us were out here shrieking about it constantly and they somehow managed to either not see us or completely ignore us. Iām like the Backstreet Boys: Tell me why! I need a reckoning with all that before I decide to let bygones be bygones.
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Below the paywall: 40+ observations on The Left's BS, The Right's BS, and America's BS. Plus: ambient payola, lawn-owner conservatism, protests vs. rallies, and more.
