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SergeStorms

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19. The conservative playbook....

Reply to LogDog75 (Reply #6)

Fri Jun 19, 2026, 04:08 PM

9 hrs ago

for right-wing "author"/wannabe-politicians. Have billionaires buy truckloads of their books and give them away as "gifts," or incentives.
The billionaires write it off, the "author" makes a bundle, and whoever is unlucky enough to receive one is totally misinformed and conditioned to the "author's" lies. Mission Accomplished.

It's been working for decades and probably will for many more.

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I teach religious studies. Vance's book on his conversion is one of the worst things I've read. [View all] Jilly_in_VA 12 hrs ago OP

I was at a Barnes and Noble this week and they have a table display with his books kimbutgar 12 hrs ago #1

Just like the Melanoma book. Crowman2009 9 hrs ago #20

I will always be agnostic. IMO, there are many ways to end up with belief but 31j20b3 12 hrs ago #2

I consider myself a content questioning agnostic... 3catwoman3 10 hrs ago #14

Welcome to our DU family. niyad 1 hr ago #22

I find Vance's conversion as hollow as the one taken no_hypocrisy 12 hrs ago #3

That is an absolute winner! Trumpdumper 10 hrs ago #13

I'm a believer and always have been Jilly_in_VA 12 hrs ago #4

I got the identical impression of him. DFW 9 hrs ago #18

I thought Hillbilly Elegy was awful. Alice B. 12 hrs ago #5

I felt the same Raven123 10 hrs ago #15

100% that. And the old Welfare Queen tropes. I couldn't believe what I was reading. Alice B. 8 hrs ago #21

It doesn't matter what's in the book LogDog75 11 hrs ago #6

I wonder if going from Evangelical to atheist to Catholic karynnj 11 hrs ago #10

Good point - this gambit could easily backfire and alienate both groups (one hopes!). TheRickles 9 hrs ago #17

The conservative playbook.... SergeStorms 9 hrs ago #19

This made me laugh😀😂 malaise 11 hrs ago #7

Vance is not either a "hillbilly" promise first book, nor is he a "Christian" by this book ashredux 11 hrs ago #8

Vance's conversion from evangelical to atheist is probably the only genuine religious stance he has taken that we know ToxMarz 11 hrs ago #9

Vance is fake. yardwork 10 hrs ago #11

I'd like to throw JD Vance across the room and into the trash. Mr. Evil 10 hrs ago #12

Either he is still an atheist edhopper 10 hrs ago #16