Why do many Republicans cling to the insurrectionists, and to Trump? Because right-wing media continually pumps Republicans full of fear, and the Trumpists claim that they're the only possible protector.https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/insurrection-thoughts-113 …
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My point, which you avoid, is that the institutional alliance of media, tech, and woke ideologues is a threat to conservatives. This is obviously true and, as the Parler story demonstrates, not simply about "disrupting insurrection."
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Chris, I know fear sells, and partisanship sells. But now is a time when it is incumbent on all of us NOT to do what sells, but to do what is right. Let's make sure the insurrection is over before we do anything else.
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That's good! But my point is that making Republicans fear that they're the imminent target of political persecution by the institutions of American society pumps them full of fear, and causes them to cast around for a protector...and who do they settle on? Trump!
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Yes, but you are conflating two separate phenomena. The fear of political suppression is real and justified. At the same time, the solution, we might agree, is not Trump (and definitely not insurrection).
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