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I do! My religious mother said it was certain because her church Facebook group said there was an upcoming blood moon and quoted some ambiguous bible verses. She wanted me to go buy a dozen cheap tents at K-mart's store closing sale. I refused and she bore witness to me that it was the end of days.
I reminded her about the "prophesies" she spouted to me on inauguration day and she rolled her eyes and asked why I was holding onto the past.
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As a former PM Supervisor at Kmart, I think I just got mildly triggered by the K-Mart's store closing part. That liquidation process was hands down the most monumentally stressful and hellish period of my life. Fuck that company and everyone who turned up to plunder it.
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Every accusation is an admission.
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If it isn't crystal clear now, I don't know what crystal or clear is.
Conservatives are fascists. Fascists are liars. They are not to be trusted.
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No, because nothing happened. Does sound like it was projection though.
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They were building camps on land stolen from the states with the backing of large corporations....
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That too. But current events aren't getting the magtards riled up like the rumored events that were taking place under Mr tan suit Dijon terrorist.
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Gaslight
Obstruct
Project <-- we are here
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When did they stop Gaslighting, and Obstructing?
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That was just proto-MAGAs thinking out loud.
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Always was a bunch of old Okie-Doke.
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It's literally always projection from them
To a degree. It's also getting the base comfortable with the idea that these policies are normal. "Hey, look, the Dems already tried to take over Texas with the military. Its a good thing we had Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton to protect us. Now its our turn to do it to California and New York."
It also raises the stakes in every election cycle. The 2015 Jade Helm conspiracy made "Vote Red No Matter Who" this overriding priority for Texas conservatives. Compared to 2008/2012, when conservatives tried to paint Obama as weak and effeminate and easily manipulated, the "Obama/Hillary are trying to take over Texas!!!" panic coverage got far more apathetic Republicans off their asses and into voting booths.
The physical embodiment of Limousine Liberalism suddenly became the standard bearer for the Old South from with the Republicans' own party, literally months after Cruz, Rubio, and Bush had exhausted themselves trying to smear him into the pavement.
The main problem with MAGAs is that they haven't had the most basic education, leaving them virtuosically ignorant.
Most kids understand the saying "Two wrongs don't make a right," by the time they are 10 years old. Their parents have taught them that just because someone else did a bad thing, does not give you permission to do the same bad thing, or another bad thing - "Al Capone killed people, why can't I?"
But the MAGAs are so ignorant, and so poorly raised by their Sociopathic parents, that they've NEVER learned that basic life lesson. Obama was going to do it (but was too scared of Republicans to try it), so it's perfectly okay for MAGA to do it.
No, if it was wrong for Obama, it's wrong for you, too.
I think that was also why Qanon got so much play in the right-wing media ecosystem - getting conservatives comfortable with authoritarian big government conservatism.
Trump is going to declare martial law and have liberals killed or sent to camps? Qanon influencers have been telling conservatives that was the plan since 2017. And about 25% of the United States either believed it or thought "yeah, it's crazy, but wouldn't it be cool if it was real?"