Why do right wingers enjoy being lied to all the time? [View all]
Here in the UK two of the Prime Ministers favourite slogans have been “Take back control” and “Get Brexit done”… his right wing mantra on which he placed his bets for the referendum and the last general election. And they worked. Sadly. It was bullshit, bluster and bollocks of course. Yet another thing Boris has in common with Trump. The US is the sick man of the world and the UK is the sick man of Europe in regard to this pandemic and their knee jerk reaction is to just fucking lie straight to our faces. Gaslighting costs lives during Covid times and as the body count rises the fact that they have any support at all, from anyone is mind blowing. In this time of crisis BoJo can neither take back control or get Covid done.
One example in the UK currently is ministers saying, “Right from the start we’ve tried to throw a protective ring around our care homes … we’ve made sure care homes have the resources they need.” JUST A LIE. Not fact based at all, and thousands have needlessly died because they did the opposite of this, but I suppose they think their followers will swallow it. In the US yesterday Trump was calling the number of deaths a ‘badge of honour’ which is not just a LIE, it is also a horrific sentiment. They lie all the bloody time. It is their go to place. It is in their nature to LIE LIE LIE. One can only assume that anyone who supports them, votes for them, defends them, must really enjoy being lied to.
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