1d ago

why though

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The left are really good at becoming disorganized and eating itself though. And the right knows this. All the right has to do is making one comment that pits one minority against the other and boom : left will be out for another week sorting itself out before they reorganize again against the next thing the right does.
- I'm not sure I understand you. Can you give an example of a conservative making a comment that pits one minority against the other that took the left out for a week?
  
  "Trans athletes should not compete in competitive sports."
  "Palestine is a terrorist state."
  "Israel is committing genocide."
  These aren't really said by any one right wing taking head, in fact they work better if a "left wing" person says it; think Bill Mahr.
  
  It seems terribly dismissive to frame these as a result of right wing (or other) agitation. There are significant differences between people who want to throw trans people under the bus and those who don't, etc.
  Sure, it must be nice for the right to be able to rally around whatever false talking points they gin up for the day. But when you have people who care about the truth, they will disagree sometimes.
  
  The divisions aren't a result of right wing bigotry, but they are exploited by right wing propagandists.
  What they actually do is frame all of these arguments without nuance. Then when corporate media goes with that framing you have reductivist talking points that bully out any reasonable debate.
  This is a superpower that the GOP has and the DNC cannot replicate with the current level of public discourse.
  
  I see him more of a self defined ‘centrist’ that is fully on the right but just disguises himself when it suits the argument he’s having

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