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Laura A. Pike's avatar

You explain things like no other. Thanks for your voice.

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Ian Douglas Rushlau's avatar

'he made the point that Black families were better off under slavery than they were under Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society, because at least Black families survived under slavery. Now, “survive” is something a huge number of Black families manifestly did not do'

Facts? Logic?

Fascists don't need no stinkin' facts and logic.

'The Psychology of GOP voters: Pathologically Fantasy Prone People.' (Feb. 8, 2023)

https://iandouglasrushlau.substack.com/p/the-psychology-of-gop-voters-pathologically?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2

"How can they not see the absurdly obvious falsehoods? How can they be so impervious to empirical evidence?

It turns out, it’s simply who they are...

Who is susceptible to a fascist cult and its vile, deranged moronic figurehead?

Someone who perceives “historic or contemporary events and developments which threaten their values”, and so feels to need to construct a preferred identity, a more positive sense of self— based on power over others— within a fantasy they have blurred with reality."

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