American Taliban - The Lincoln Project

[ItsjustMe]

[Fritz Walter]

1. This needs the broadest exposure

On TV, streaming systems, wherever and whenever.

Thanks for posting this!


Fellow members: please share with everyone you know.

[NBachers]

2. This is the best voting season message I have seen.

[markbark]

3. Nope not the Taliban

These guys are Christian Fascists. An entirely different brand of religious looney.
Don't fall into Islamophobia

[littlemissmartypants]

8. Excellent point, markbark. Disingenuous "othering" is no less despicable than The Big Lie.

It's high time that all parties involved reinforce their adherence to the cold hard truth. ❤️

[GB_RN]

14. The Word Taliban...

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Comes from the Arabic word for student, and has nothing to do with Islam, in and of itself. I don’t see this as Islamophobia, but an association of one form of twisted religious zealotry with another. The MAGAts have the same intolerances and hatreds as the Afghanistan Taliban, and both are prone to violence. I personally think the comparison is therefore apt.

But that’s my personal take on it, your mileage may vary.

[markbark]

20. It's a word the MAGAts use to scare their base

They'll go on and on about "Sharia Law" (ooga-booga!)
but seem to have absolutely no problem at all when it's Alito who's imposing it.

[GB_RN]

22. What They'll Say Is...

"But that's not the same thing!"
Despite the fact that they're imposing/wanting to impose almost the very same restrictions on the rest of us that the Taliban do on their fellow countrymen.

They either fail to/cannot see the irony, or do not care about the hypocrisy.


"I'd rather have questions that cannot be answered than answers that cannot be questioned."

[Handler]

23. Right you are 👍

[thesquanderer]

21. Any negative use of the word Christian (your Christian Fascists, Christian Taliban, etc.)...

... would risk alienating some of the people this is aimed at, they could see the ad as an attack on Christianity.

[StarryNite]

4. Our vote counts this time

but if we lose they are making it clear our votes will never count again.

[KS Toronado]

5. This is the type of ad

we should be running 24/7 in all 50 States, not picking and choosing from among battle ground areas.

[multigraincracker]

6. Can we get these on broadcast tv?

Never get to see them except on my liberal sites. Are they ever on somewhere that everyone can see them?

[LudwigPastorius]

18. I agree.

The Lincoln Project appears to do a lot of “preaching to the choir”.

I’m not sure why this is.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. Great video

[Wibly]

9. While I agree

With the basic message, this is over the top.
Yes, a lot of the MAGA people do want to change to a Totalitarian system, but most of them actually believe they are fighting for democracy.
You won't win them over by demonizing them.

[Farmer-Rick]

12. That ad is not designed to win them over

It's designed to get normal people motivated to vote.

Usually negative ads turn off voters but obviously not the determined, most extreme voters. So, that ad is designed to be extreme and get normal people motivated. Does it work? It certainly plays well for many people here. And maybe that's what it's meant to do.

[wnylib]

19. I don't think the point of the ad is to

win them over, which is not possible with zealots.

The point of the ad is to mobilize the vote among people who are not zealous MAGAs

[StClone]

10. Any questions?

[Timeflyer]

11. Wow--this says it all.

[calimary]

15. Sure does.

[mrsadm]

13. Scarey!!!

[Torchlight]

16. Looks to be a really effective ad

at getting a lot of the undecided and complacent to do their part next week.

[Wild blueberry]

17. Thank you