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The culture that the left created of painting the right as morally evil / repugnant / deplorable has truly backfired. Political Correctness not only created a S
by olah_1 6y ago
The culture that the left created of painting the right as morally evil / repugnant / deplorable has truly backfired. Political Correctness not only created a Streisand effect, but it also created a martyr mentality for right wing ideas.
The sad thing is that the left learned absolutely nothing from 2016 strategy-wise. I remember explaining to my leftist friends at length why people would vote for Trump. They finally understood, I thought. Then 2020 rolls around and it's like they forgot everything we discussed. Back to the deplorable playbook.
- AlexandrB 6y ago> created a martyr mentality for right wing ideas. This has been around for decades. See: "The War on Christmas", "Taking God Out of Schools" and any number of other conservative (and especially Christian) rallying cries since the 90s.
- projct 6y agoThe bible out of schools thing is from 1963, Abington School District v. Schempp.
- giglamesh 6y agoUnderstanding why a person would do a thing does not exempt said thing from being deplorable.