After watching a few of Dan Crenshaw's moronic campaign videos portraying him on special ops missions to attack progressive "targets" I have a tingle of pleasure running up my leg watching his momentary lapses of reasoning, make him a RINO target. They can't eat themselves fast enough.
The best way I can think of to explain the great replacement theory to other people to explain how insane and stupid it is, is to explain that people who push it essentially believe that:
1. In the 1920s, lots of people wanted to come to the US and did so, and that
2. This was a nefarious plot by 'elites' to replace 'real americans' with irish, italians, and scandinavians.
And that these two things are the SAME thing. Now, most people understand that they are not the same thing, that one is a choice by lots of individuals, and one is a conspiracy theory that doesn't make any sense on its face.
And we can also directly explain why it's racist, because if it's NOT about race, then there's no reason that all these people couldn't just vote for the GOP. There's no logical reason that immigrants would vote for the Democrats by default. And we know this, because Dinesh D’Souza and Sohrab Ahmari are both major right wing figures who emigrated to the US!
Beyond that, in the case of the southern border, many of the people who are coming here are more religious and more conservative than native born Americans, meaning that if anything, 'importing' them would add more conservatives, not liberals. But because they're from 'those places' the right just assumes they must all be liberals. And that's without getting into the 'subservient' rhetoric.
I bring up the thing about the 1920s immigration wave because that was during a time when neither Italians or Irish were considered 'white.' That's why there are so many depictions from the time of Irish people essentially being apes, because Americans on the right hated them for being catholic, for drinking alcohol, and for being 'Gaelic' rather than 'Anglo.' The same is true for Italians.
But it was just as stupid then as it is now. They've changed who they're talking about, but they're making the same arguments. Arguments which make no logical sense if you remove the racist aspect from it. That's why the theory is racist, and why people who push it are racist. But the fact that it's non-sensical means that lots of people assume it's not because they themselves are not racist and are not attuned to looking at things from that angle, which means guys like Tucker can get away with pretending it's not racist.
Damn....there is so much stupid in this country. I fear the damage done in the past administration is beyond repair. The grift game perfected by Limbaugh has been adopted by all his accolades. These people are either completely lacking in self awareness or so bereft of any morality that they don't care who is harmed, either way the country loses over and over and over again.
I am tired. I am tired of pretending that people can be persuaded to think differently, I am tired of pretending that there aren't a whole lot of people that are okay with this level of violence, I am tired of pretending that finding a middle ground is possible.
I don't know how it ends, but I am pretty sure it won't be well.
"The outcome of that election, as well as the G.O.P. contest for governor, is threatening to implode the state’s Republican Party — with a blast radius that might be felt in states as far away as Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina over the coming weeks and months."
It's an amazing feat for Fox to cover a white guy going to a black neighborhood grocery store and murdering ten people there while not covering motive. I'm thinking when it was Pulse or San Bernardino or the Wisconsin grannies who got run over they had some interest in the motive. But here, it's apparently not part of the story, when they even mention it at all. But Paul Ryan stays silent, just watching his bank account grow.
Dinesh DSouza is a stupid man's idea of a smart man, and DSouza is one of those stupid people who thinks he's smart. Why is he stupid? One reason is he has this habit of responding to media that's critical of him by linking to the actual media in his tweets. You include a link to Amanda's piece so your non-bot followers can click on it? I don't even pay attention to DSouza, but he did the same thing with a Republican Accountability Project ad that attacked him:
"Of these 450 killings, right-wing extremists committed about 75 percent. Islamic extremists were responsible for about 20 percent, and left-wing extremists were responsible for 4 percent."
But hey, some people on the the left are strident to the point of rudeness and wildly out-of-touch, so both sides, amiright?
Proud of Amanda! I’m also a blue collar girl from a tiny mountain town who worked her way through a state college. I’ve managed to be fairly successful. Dinesh sounds like an…elitist.
On everything after the Russia lede--can Bulwark PLEASE drop the "Dems are messing up" stuff and just get to the logical consequence of its reporting: shout from the rooftops every day that no one should vote for any Republican, at any level (possible exception Liz Cheney, but certainly not Dan Crenshaw), no matter how bad or "extreme" the Democrats act. The country's survival is at stake.
I'd love to see the calculus Stafinck used to come up with 11 million immigrants the Dems are smuggling in for voting.
Also, the Ding-of-Bat obviously doesn't realize that states (most controlled by ReTrumplican'ts) determine voting eligibility, not the federal government.
After watching a few of Dan Crenshaw's moronic campaign videos portraying him on special ops missions to attack progressive "targets" I have a tingle of pleasure running up my leg watching his momentary lapses of reasoning, make him a RINO target. They can't eat themselves fast enough.
The best way I can think of to explain the great replacement theory to other people to explain how insane and stupid it is, is to explain that people who push it essentially believe that:
1. In the 1920s, lots of people wanted to come to the US and did so, and that
2. This was a nefarious plot by 'elites' to replace 'real americans' with irish, italians, and scandinavians.
And that these two things are the SAME thing. Now, most people understand that they are not the same thing, that one is a choice by lots of individuals, and one is a conspiracy theory that doesn't make any sense on its face.
And we can also directly explain why it's racist, because if it's NOT about race, then there's no reason that all these people couldn't just vote for the GOP. There's no logical reason that immigrants would vote for the Democrats by default. And we know this, because Dinesh D’Souza and Sohrab Ahmari are both major right wing figures who emigrated to the US!
Beyond that, in the case of the southern border, many of the people who are coming here are more religious and more conservative than native born Americans, meaning that if anything, 'importing' them would add more conservatives, not liberals. But because they're from 'those places' the right just assumes they must all be liberals. And that's without getting into the 'subservient' rhetoric.
I bring up the thing about the 1920s immigration wave because that was during a time when neither Italians or Irish were considered 'white.' That's why there are so many depictions from the time of Irish people essentially being apes, because Americans on the right hated them for being catholic, for drinking alcohol, and for being 'Gaelic' rather than 'Anglo.' The same is true for Italians.
But it was just as stupid then as it is now. They've changed who they're talking about, but they're making the same arguments. Arguments which make no logical sense if you remove the racist aspect from it. That's why the theory is racist, and why people who push it are racist. But the fact that it's non-sensical means that lots of people assume it's not because they themselves are not racist and are not attuned to looking at things from that angle, which means guys like Tucker can get away with pretending it's not racist.
It appears to me that the GOP and Putin have the same playbook: Step one: eliminate dissent. Step two: deny that things happened.
As I understand, it is the classic application of propaganda.
Just a hunch, but I'll bet Tucker will show less grace to Rep. Crenshaw than Pete Davidson, his show and his network did.
Damn....there is so much stupid in this country. I fear the damage done in the past administration is beyond repair. The grift game perfected by Limbaugh has been adopted by all his accolades. These people are either completely lacking in self awareness or so bereft of any morality that they don't care who is harmed, either way the country loses over and over and over again.
I am tired. I am tired of pretending that people can be persuaded to think differently, I am tired of pretending that there aren't a whole lot of people that are okay with this level of violence, I am tired of pretending that finding a middle ground is possible.
I don't know how it ends, but I am pretty sure it won't be well.
"The outcome of that election, as well as the G.O.P. contest for governor, is threatening to implode the state’s Republican Party — with a blast radius that might be felt in states as far away as Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina over the coming weeks and months."
Ohhhh.... from his mouth to Goddess' ear.
Figures that Dinesh would slam Amanda’s education. He appears to have wasted the opportunities that Dartmouth had to offer. He should shut up.
I'm old enough to remember when the Right got super-duper mad at SNL for making fun of Crenshaw's eye-patch.
It's an amazing feat for Fox to cover a white guy going to a black neighborhood grocery store and murdering ten people there while not covering motive. I'm thinking when it was Pulse or San Bernardino or the Wisconsin grannies who got run over they had some interest in the motive. But here, it's apparently not part of the story, when they even mention it at all. But Paul Ryan stays silent, just watching his bank account grow.
Dinesh DSouza is a stupid man's idea of a smart man, and DSouza is one of those stupid people who thinks he's smart. Why is he stupid? One reason is he has this habit of responding to media that's critical of him by linking to the actual media in his tweets. You include a link to Amanda's piece so your non-bot followers can click on it? I don't even pay attention to DSouza, but he did the same thing with a Republican Accountability Project ad that attacked him:
https://twitter.com/DineshDSouza/status/1420894910245388289?s=20&t=yU0fEQ4jWPHRpVhjXPWPKQ
How often does he do this, if I pay him no mind but know of two instances of it?
Good newsletter today. Thanks for the NATO maps. Never realized their growth if so many countries in past 30 years.
"Of these 450 killings, right-wing extremists committed about 75 percent. Islamic extremists were responsible for about 20 percent, and left-wing extremists were responsible for 4 percent."
But hey, some people on the the left are strident to the point of rudeness and wildly out-of-touch, so both sides, amiright?
Trumpism: Thinking GRT & QAnon is politically correct while thinking CRT is politically incorrect.
Proud of Amanda! I’m also a blue collar girl from a tiny mountain town who worked her way through a state college. I’ve managed to be fairly successful. Dinesh sounds like an…elitist.
I propose we stop calling it the Great Replacement Theory and call it what it actually is: the White Replacement Theory.
On everything after the Russia lede--can Bulwark PLEASE drop the "Dems are messing up" stuff and just get to the logical consequence of its reporting: shout from the rooftops every day that no one should vote for any Republican, at any level (possible exception Liz Cheney, but certainly not Dan Crenshaw), no matter how bad or "extreme" the Democrats act. The country's survival is at stake.
I'd love to see the calculus Stafinck used to come up with 11 million immigrants the Dems are smuggling in for voting.
Also, the Ding-of-Bat obviously doesn't realize that states (most controlled by ReTrumplican'ts) determine voting eligibility, not the federal government.