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pat_k

(12,698 posts)

6. Classic counter- resistance disinformation.

Reply to KSL-Washington (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 02:40 PM

15 hrs ago

Not even a good fake. Rubio a Senator that signed on? Reference to 2024 electoral math?

Was fun to hear for a moment -- but that's the point. Classic counter- resistance bullshit designed to spark hope that will inevitably be dashed, with the goal of leaving people more hopeless and immobilized than before.

On Edit: Added link to Tad Stoermer discussion of the insidious effect of this type of counter-resistance disinformation.