Fascists don’t care if you call them hypocrites.
Fascists revel in hypocrisy because it’s another way of demonstrating their power over their enemies: “I don’t have to be consistent and there’s nothing you can do about it!”
Exactly!
There’s only one party that cares about hypocrisy. And it’s not the fucking Republicans.
False, there’s only one party. The Conservatives.
Correct.
It’s not hypocrisy- it’s an intentional demoralization tactic. They know Americans will not lift a finger to stop them and they are rubbing your noses in it.
They can’t afford to care as hypocrisy is a daily event for them…
Besides, they’ve no sense of self-awareness nor of shame/embarrassment.
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Public opinion matters a lot in this movement - not because Noem will care - but because it influences how the members themselves of the national guard respond. If the nation guard members think it is unjustified, they are more likely to not follow any unlawful orders
What already fascist-leaning member of the military will be swayed by labeling Noem a hypocrite? We have a felon in the White House. The lines are drawn and the sides have been picked.
The only thing that might sway sympathizers is to make the incontinent senile fool look weak. Who’s going to support a weak would-be strongman?
It’s not as much about each specific thing as much as is about the overarching story. That Trump was at a UFC event and stayed while calling the national guard, that he didn’t call them in on Jan 6th, that the LAPD called the protests mostly peaceful, etc.
People need motivation to act on their convictions. Visible push back from others is hugely important to seeing it as more unjustified and that they can refuse unlawful orders
It’s also a spectrum. Vaguely feeling that something is probably wrong vs seeing stories about how it’s wrong are different
What already fascist-leaning member of the military will be swayed by labeling Noem a hypocrite? We have a felon in the White House. The lines are drawn and the sides have been picked.
I think this same argument can be extended to the left leaning/ Democrat-ish. There are no minds yet to be changed. If you haven’t had your mind changed, you aren’t going to.
There are no minds yet to be changed.
You can convince people to take action, where they might not have been willing to do so before. This is the fight we’re going to have right now. And acting like this is all already set in stone is fucking counterproductive as shit.
You can convince people to take action,
I think thats something different. What I’m speaking to is that if you haven’t decided your “side” in the year of our lord, Anno Domini two thousand twenty four, you aren’t paying attention.
The battle lines are basically “drawn” and there isn’t really substantial movement from one side to the other. Its all about driving your side to show up, but that activation is a totally and completely separation thing than which side you identify with.
Fascism is so despicably bad that lies and deception and blatant hypocrisy are core elements of every fascist party
…and every party is fascist. Murca needs a complete reset. Stay strong. Be careful.
Flip-flopping on states rights is conservative bread and butter. When conservatives control the federal government there is no such thing as state rights and when they don’t it’s federal overreach. This endless news cycle with these talking heads ceaselessly babbling is normalizing that words don’t actually matter. Politicians will say the exact opposite thing with equal conviction.
Wait he turned the California national guard on the Californians? Why the fuck are they taking orders from Trump then??
Why is anyone expecting consistency from these fuckwits at this point? They’ve obviously never given a shit about it.
She is the one who bragged about killing a dog in her autobiography, isn’t she? It’s hard to tell these MAGA banshees apart. Anyway, anything is a rebelli9n if you need to eacalate the state of constant emergency that brought you to the White House twice.
East LA isn’t gonna listen to the California National Guard either. Police is police. They should have started almost anywhere else in America.
Good job I guess Brennan but you also helped get us here.
