Holy Crap I Feel Dirty

[diane in sf]

10. It's brainwashing. They started in the 80s with am radio and Fox News and continued from there.

The republicans have taken their followers down a delusional rathole. You don't have to be stupid to be brainwashed. People followed their beliefs into media that told them only what they wanted to hear. And it got weirder and weirder in there as time went on--a positive feedback loop. It's happened to people in my family too. It's a cult, they have their own truths, their dog whistles, etc. They will not be swayed by rational arguments or facts, it just hardens them in their opposition.

The upside of this is that it's made them ungovernable by the republican leaders. The base will only allow a real lunatic like tRump to be nominated. And fortunately the majority of the public is too sane to vote for someone that nuts and unqualified. Even George bush had to steal the election twice--he never won legally either time. (Don't take my word for it, google vote suppression, gerrymandering, red shift, 2004 Ohio private Republican held server farms, etc.)

The republicans are pretty much over as a national party, especially if their gerrymandered house districts are redrawn and their vote suppression tactics are defeated.