Re: We Lost the Battle for the Republican Party’s Soul Long Ago
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:51 am
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The people relentlessly shoveling the culture war bullshit on the rubes - who eagerly gobble it up and shit it out, undigested - are not idiots. They do not peddle this nonsense because they expect it will lead to victory at the polls. The dumbassery is clearly unpopular, and growing moreso by the cycle.Republican presidential hopefuls are vowing to wage a war on "woke," but a new USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds a majority of Americans are inclined to see the word as a positive attribute, not a negative one.
Fifty-six percent of those surveyed say the term means "to be informed, educated on, and aware of social injustices." That includes not only three-fourths of Democrats but also more than a third of Republicans.
Overall, 39% say instead that the word reflects what has become the GOP political definition, "to be overly politically correct and police others' words." That's the view of 56% of Republicans.
The findings raise questions about whether Republican campaign promises to ban policies at schools and workplaces they denounce as "woke" could boost a contender in the party's primaries but put them at odds with broader public opinion in the general election.
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Americans by close to 3-1, 72%-26%, support teaching "the ongoing effects of slavery and racism in the United States" in public schools, a question asked of half the sample. That includes overwhelming numbers of Democrats and independents and close to half of Republicans (46%).
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Americans overwhelmingly oppose, by 76%-21%, efforts by state governments to ban certain books from school classrooms and libraries. Last year the nonprofit group PEN America reported that school districts in 26 states had moved to ban some books, often ones that relate to race or gender identity.
The opposition to state bans crosses party lines, including 86% of Democrats, 78% of independents and 66% of Republicans.
maybe...I dunno...cuz maybe Gerry Connolly isn't a leftist?
Who knows what Taibbi is anymore. Who knows which of his persona is the real Taibbi.
Confirmation bias. Trump hates all the same people they do and gave them permission to act on it, so they'll eat almost anything he says or does, up.jfish26 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 10, 2023 9:49 am We've talked a lot in this space about how fond the right is of shooting itself square in the dick. This remains the case (noting that, when it comes to national elections, the Republicans are already very nearly drawing dead).
A GOP war on 'woke'? Most Americans view the term as a positive, USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds
By 56%-39%, Americans say 'woke' means being aware of social injustice, not being overly politically correct.
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The people relentlessly shoveling the culture war bullshit on the rubes - who eagerly gobble it up and shit it out, undigested - are not idiots. They do not peddle this nonsense because they expect it will lead to victory at the polls. The dumbassery is clearly unpopular, and growing moreso by the cycle.
But, the rubes just keep right on buying MyPillows and Trump .jpgs and doomsday prepper kits and any manner of As-Seen-on-TV plastic.
As is being made ABUNDANTLY clear in all of the Fox stuff...the rubes are being taken advantage of left and right.
The industrial complex organized around bilking rubes has - quite brilliantly, really - made very very very scary coding around "woke", "CRT" and so on. Not only is it not important that the rubes really understand any of it, in fact that opacity and ignorance is vital.Feral wrote: ↑Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:06 pmConfirmation bias. Trump hates all the same people they do and gave them permission to act on it, so they'll eat almost anything he says or does, up.jfish26 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 10, 2023 9:49 am We've talked a lot in this space about how fond the right is of shooting itself square in the dick. This remains the case (noting that, when it comes to national elections, the Republicans are already very nearly drawing dead).
A GOP war on 'woke'? Most Americans view the term as a positive, USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds
By 56%-39%, Americans say 'woke' means being aware of social injustice, not being overly politically correct.
[...]
The people relentlessly shoveling the culture war bullshit on the rubes - who eagerly gobble it up and shit it out, undigested - are not idiots. They do not peddle this nonsense because they expect it will lead to victory at the polls. The dumbassery is clearly unpopular, and growing moreso by the cycle.
But, the rubes just keep right on buying MyPillows and Trump .jpgs and doomsday prepper kits and any manner of As-Seen-on-TV plastic.
As is being made ABUNDANTLY clear in all of the Fox stuff...the rubes are being taken advantage of left and right.
Speaking of "woke", you should live in Florida where our governor is the Emir of "antiwokeness", whatever TF "woke" means.
If there is currently a word in use that is more trite than woke, I can't think of it.
trite
/trīt/
adjective
adjective: trite; comparative adjective: triter; superlative adjective: tritest
(of a remark, opinion, or idea) overused and consequently of little import; lacking originality or freshness.
"this point may now seem obvious and trite"
Yes, she was 18 or 19 it looks like.
The Republicans are pretty reliable: the things they get outwardly angriest about are things they are guilty of doing.RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 8:10 am Thanks to Boebert, I know her 17 year old knocked up "his girlfriend".
What I don't know and what is rumored is that she is 15 years old.
I also don't know, does that mean he committed a crime? My guess is no because I figure we would have heard about that by now.
Regardless of all that, Boebert introduced a Bill to defund Planned Parenthood.
You can't make this shit up.
She has to know Planned Parenthood does other things than perform (or help people get) abortions. Right?
Some people say every accusation by a republican is a confession.jfish26 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 13, 2023 11:17 amThe Republicans are pretty reliable: the things they get outwardly angriest about are things they are guilty of doing.RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 8:10 am Thanks to Boebert, I know her 17 year old knocked up "his girlfriend".
What I don't know and what is rumored is that she is 15 years old.
I also don't know, does that mean he committed a crime? My guess is no because I figure we would have heard about that by now.
Regardless of all that, Boebert introduced a Bill to defund Planned Parenthood.
You can't make this shit up.
She has to know Planned Parenthood does other things than perform (or help people get) abortions. Right?