What utter bullshit! Of all the excuses on the right for the rise of Trumpism, the excuse that "the radicalism and nastiness of left drove us to Trump" is among the lamest. It's projection. 1/ https://twitter.com/mattklewis/status/1049997739105443840 …
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Devil's Advocate: Groups who feel disenfranchised seek out radical ways to exercise political power. If conservatives felt they had no voice in govt and media, the creation of a radical conservative splinter group was inevitable (Tea Party), which then consumes the GOP's core.
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Perhaps, but funny how to conservatives the radicalism of the Tea Party was just patriots "taking back their country," even though Tea Party tactics were, if anything, more extreme than the left's now, while milder protests now by the left leave them clutching their pearls.

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Gaslighting and blameshifting. Evidence-free narratives of right wing kooks going back to the 80s and 90s with Limbaugh ranting about the Lugenpresse have been so pervasive even the press themselves have internalized this abuse. It’s shocking.
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Matty knows exactly what he is doing here.
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Yet the factors you emphasize, conveniently enough, are those two—and without evidence. 