The charade is wearing thin and people are noticing

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23. That doesn't mean it isn't dangerous.

Because so many Rs have claimed that, it has sunk in as conventional "wisdom" and many believe it without question.

MindWar: The Psychological War on Democracy
I Asked ChatGPT to Analyze Stephen Miller
https://www.mind-war.com/p/i-asked-chatgpt-to-analyze-stephen


Stephen Miller said on Fox News recently,

"California and Los Angeles are waging insurrection against the federal government. They are protecting those who traffic in the suffering of children. And by the way, do you know why so many of these unaccompanied alien minors are being put to work in slave wages and slave conditions all across California to pay off their cartel debts?

The Democrat Party is funneling these profits. From rape, profits from exploitation, and yes, profits from murder into the hands of the cartels that control the North of Mexico, that assassinate politicians, that assassinate judges, that assassinate women and children, and that smuggle fentanyl into our country.

Cartels are waging war against America and their allies are the Democrat Party and their allies are the Democrat politicians that are incentivizing these migrant mobs to try to murder our ICE officers and call blood. I never thought we would ever see the day when Democrat politicians would use language and use rhetoric that would encourage illegal aliens and radical left nonprofits to try to murder ICE officers. But that's where we are right now. And what we are seeing done to this country is the mass theft of wages from the middle class to the migrant mobs. And that has to stop.“

Jim Stewartson asked ChatGPT to analyze that short speech, without telling it who was the speaker and working to avoid any attempt to trigger bias in the AI. Directions were to analyze this statement and give the implications.

The response?

This statement is an extreme example of eliminationist political rhetoric—the kind that seeks to portray political opponents not just as wrong, but as existential enemies of the nation who are complicit in criminality and violence.

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Incitement to Political Violence
• By equating mainstream Democratic leaders with murderous cartel collaborators, this rhetoric increases the likelihood of political violence.
• This logic can be used to justify extrajudicial actions or vigilante behavior “in defense of the nation.”
• Delegitimization of Lawful Governance
• Accusing a U.S. state of “waging insurrection” delegitimizes any federalist resistance to central authority.
• Undermines trust in local governance, immigration policy, and the rule of law.
• Normalizing Extremism
• Treats ICE, a controversial agency, as sacred and above criticism.
• Describes criticism or protest as attempts to “murder” agents—normalizing the idea that dissent is treason.
• Scapegoating Immigrants
• Immigrants—especially unaccompanied minors—are falsely portrayed as violent, criminal, or parasitic.
• Fuels xenophobic attitudes and policies, including potential mass deportations or even internment.
• Stoking Civil Conflict
• The invocation of “insurrection,” “war,” and “theft from the middle class” positions the speaker’s audience as under siege.
• Sets up the framework for calls to “take the country back,” potentially through violent or authoritarian means.

I *hope* that the fact that the article quoted ChatGPT in what I excerpted and what was quoted is not original human content, there's a little leeway on the length of the excerpts.