Murcwashing

[ck4829]

Murc’s law, for the uninitiated, is the widespread assumption that only Democrats have any agency or causal influence over American politics.

https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/12/great-moments-murcs-law

“Murc’s Law” [was] named after a commenter at the blog Lawyers, Guns, and Money who noticed years ago the habitual assumption among the punditry that Republican misbehavior can only be caused by Democrats. Do Republicans reject climate science? Must be because Democrats failed to persuade them! Did Republicans pass unpopular tax cuts for the rich? Must be that Democrats didn’t do enough to guide them to better choices! Do Republicans keep voting for lunatics and fascists? It must be the fault of Democrats for being mean to them! Even D____ T____’s election was widely blamed on Democrats — who voted against him, to be clear — on the bizarre grounds that Barack Obama should have rolled over and just let Mitt Romney win in 2012:



https://whereofonecanspeak.com/2023/03/02/youve-probably-never-heard-of-murcs-law-but-youve-seen-it-in-action-lots-of-times/

We're no longer at Murc's Law, we're at Murcwashing.

What is Murcwashing?

Look at this...

Republicans have the White House.
Republicans have the Senate.
Republicans have the House.

And yet, AND YET, the onus will still be on Democrats, everything Republicans do that is bad or things they are supposed to be doing but are not happening, according to the pundits and the media will be a reaction to Democrats by Republicans.

Despite the Republican trifecta, Democrats will be the ones with agency or causal influence over American politics.

Murcwashing.

Expect it, call it out.

[Fiendish Thingy]

1. Good points, however...

Nobody is going to adopt the term “Murcwashing”

[ck4829]

3. Well, it needs a name. The media will murcwash everything in our politics

A name is integral to pointing out the problem.

[GreenWave]

2. Just call them out for being too damn dumb to govern.