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Hmh, that's an interesting site. On the one hand it uses the time-tested playbook of "we are a silent majority beleaguered by some evil outsider and we need to
by Propelloni 2y ago
Hmh, that's an interesting site. On the one hand it uses the time-tested playbook of "we are a silent majority beleaguered by some evil outsider and we need to act now to protect us" to create a siege mentality and a distinction between US and THEM. Then you ramp up the rhetoric to dehumanize THEM and make atrocities palatable. You never let up on the point that US are fighting for our very lives.
But that site claims US is winning. That's an unusual move in the playbook. Something doesn't add up.
- catlikesshrimp 2y agoTHEM just won the presidential and senate election, and the house is on the fence.
- jasonlotito 2y agoThat’s how words work. They are them in that context. That’s the problem, people think pronouns are woke and forget how they are used. And just because a rapist is elected president doesn’t mean it was the right thing to do.
- Propelloni 2y agoYou could use INGROUP for US, and OUTGROUP for THEM. Not the usual distinction but makes it easier to parse. Maybe it makes is also clearer that this is a description, not an assignment.