This is a long read, but I did want to highlight this little zinger:
>the annual CPAC convention (think of that event as the Burning Man festival, except for wingnuts)
Ambitious-Joke-4695 on
They want to turn it into an authoritarian superpower with themselves at the top, but thanks to incompetence the best they could actually do is turn it into an unusually large banana republic.
Cyklisk on
Russian campaign against the US has been impressively effective. Putin won the culture war while America never realized they were in one to begin with.
Wooden-Annual2715 on
The Know Nothing Party entered the chat….
While I completely agree the far right hates democracy the US has to own the fact allot of it is homegrown.
VonTastrophe on
>Hence the anthropological expeditions to the “real America” (somewhere away from the coasts, where Bass Pro Shops outnumber Starbucks) to find a diner where genuine Americans congregate.
Tell me you’re a left-wing elitist without telling me you’re a left-wing elitist.
I am well aware that this sub is a liberal echo chamber. But sometimes, a post comes along and really highlights the problem.
For my part, I’m done with this sub for good, when Trump is gone from the limelight. You wingers and the wingers on r/ conservative can have your respective misery
cornybalogna on
Russia. The far right is Russia. We cannot let Russia kill America.
JubalHarshaw23 on
The Far Right are openly engaging in actionable Seditious Conspiracy, but Fascism’s Inside Man Merrick Garland meerly smirks and shrugs.
mudriverrat07020 on
They hate America, anybody that’s different than them, their families, themselves, and especially anything that makes them have to think.
probabletrump on
The far right loves a version of America where they can rich off of other people’s labor. The far right doesn’t want to work for what they have. They certainly don’t want to compete on a level playing field. They want the deck stacked in their favor and other people to do the work.
TintedApostle on
They hate an america they actually have to share with other people.
Autoworker313 on
We have a section of America that has an Antebellum mindset. It’s this generations duty to stop them.
BasedGodBets on
I think we need to start a group/cultural/influencers that protects the interest of America above all else.
Ok_Leading999 on
Oddly, many people in Europe see America as the source of the worst kind of right-wing politics. In Ireland when we have any referendum on social issues; marriage equality, abortion or divorce, American campaigners and money turn up to influence the vote and finance the reactionary element in Irish society.
Pokethebeard on
America was founded by religious extremists who left a more moderate society and built on genocide of the natives.
Far right values are fundamentally American.
Darkfigure145 on
Remember the good ol days when the far right only hated certain groups of Americans and not the whole concept of America itself.
Background_Act9450 on
I love how the Chinese and Russians use our own capitalist/media systems against us all while knowing our government has been in perpetual gridlock for 30 years and is negligent in their efforts to keep up with legislation.
snakeplissken7777 on
The commentary here is how the left is described by the right. Go off keep the circle going.
nesp12 on
The idea of the American population being brainwashed by a foreign power was a big concern in the 50s and 60s. But most people laughed it off because our individuality made it seem highly unlikely. Today, with Trump, Fox and MAGA we’ve seen how easy it is.
FizzgigsRevenge on
The right has always hated America and all she stands for. Progress, change, the idea that any single person can rise above their station regardless of where they came from. It’s why they fought to own people. It’s why they shot Lincoln. It’s why they fought against civil rights and liberty for all. It’s the reason they fight industry regulation, sensible gun laws, and work to prevent healthcare. They care about money, power, and maintaining a caste society so there’s always people for them to exploit. But that’s just the ones in control. Their base hates these same things but only because they’re weak men who see the success of alleged strong men and think that will be them. They think they’ll be invited to the party so long as they lick the boots of power. It’s pathetic.
technicallynotlying on
The giveaway tell for Russians and Russian sympathizers is that they never say anything positive about America or the American people.
More obvious than the talking points about issues, they always want to get in a couple digs about how both sides are worthless -which is impossible unless all of America is worthless.
America is a great nation worth protecting, and we can disagree about policy while still wanting our country to thrive and prosper. A person who hates America can never say that, which makes it obvious who hates us.
PortugalThePangolin on
we need to go back to a time before this crazy far right, this country was great back then. we need to make America Great another time.
LucyShiro on
That’s a weird way to spell Russia
ExactDevelopment4892 on
This isn’t a new phenomenon. America has been wrestling with these kinds of extremists since the country was founded. Britain was using American colonies as a punishment for extremists in their country.
spla58 on
I mean it’s a pretty evil country by almost every metric. People like to bury their heads in the sand and pretend they live in some happy paradise.
Otherwise_Cow_2375 on
The Trumper idiots need to wake up! Trump is married to a Russian communist Melania, DUH, WHERE’S YOUR SIGN.
rolfraikou on
The fiction that they fell for is that America was on some different trajectory, got derailed, and needs to “get back on the rails” and make up for lost time. Which in actuality means something entirely unrecognizable from what America has ever been.
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This is a long read, but I did want to highlight this little zinger:
>the annual CPAC convention (think of that event as the Burning Man festival, except for wingnuts)
They want to turn it into an authoritarian superpower with themselves at the top, but thanks to incompetence the best they could actually do is turn it into an unusually large banana republic.
Russian campaign against the US has been impressively effective. Putin won the culture war while America never realized they were in one to begin with.
The Know Nothing Party entered the chat….
While I completely agree the far right hates democracy the US has to own the fact allot of it is homegrown.
>Hence the anthropological expeditions to the “real America” (somewhere away from the coasts, where Bass Pro Shops outnumber Starbucks) to find a diner where genuine Americans congregate.
Tell me you’re a left-wing elitist without telling me you’re a left-wing elitist.
I am well aware that this sub is a liberal echo chamber. But sometimes, a post comes along and really highlights the problem.
For my part, I’m done with this sub for good, when Trump is gone from the limelight. You wingers and the wingers on r/ conservative can have your respective misery
Russia. The far right is Russia. We cannot let Russia kill America.
The Far Right are openly engaging in actionable Seditious Conspiracy, but Fascism’s Inside Man Merrick Garland meerly smirks and shrugs.
They hate America, anybody that’s different than them, their families, themselves, and especially anything that makes them have to think.
The far right loves a version of America where they can rich off of other people’s labor. The far right doesn’t want to work for what they have. They certainly don’t want to compete on a level playing field. They want the deck stacked in their favor and other people to do the work.
They hate an america they actually have to share with other people.
We have a section of America that has an Antebellum mindset. It’s this generations duty to stop them.
I think we need to start a group/cultural/influencers that protects the interest of America above all else.
Oddly, many people in Europe see America as the source of the worst kind of right-wing politics. In Ireland when we have any referendum on social issues; marriage equality, abortion or divorce, American campaigners and money turn up to influence the vote and finance the reactionary element in Irish society.
America was founded by religious extremists who left a more moderate society and built on genocide of the natives.
Far right values are fundamentally American.
Remember the good ol days when the far right only hated certain groups of Americans and not the whole concept of America itself.
I love how the Chinese and Russians use our own capitalist/media systems against us all while knowing our government has been in perpetual gridlock for 30 years and is negligent in their efforts to keep up with legislation.
The commentary here is how the left is described by the right. Go off keep the circle going.
The idea of the American population being brainwashed by a foreign power was a big concern in the 50s and 60s. But most people laughed it off because our individuality made it seem highly unlikely. Today, with Trump, Fox and MAGA we’ve seen how easy it is.
The right has always hated America and all she stands for. Progress, change, the idea that any single person can rise above their station regardless of where they came from. It’s why they fought to own people. It’s why they shot Lincoln. It’s why they fought against civil rights and liberty for all. It’s the reason they fight industry regulation, sensible gun laws, and work to prevent healthcare. They care about money, power, and maintaining a caste society so there’s always people for them to exploit. But that’s just the ones in control. Their base hates these same things but only because they’re weak men who see the success of alleged strong men and think that will be them. They think they’ll be invited to the party so long as they lick the boots of power. It’s pathetic.
The giveaway tell for Russians and Russian sympathizers is that they never say anything positive about America or the American people.
More obvious than the talking points about issues, they always want to get in a couple digs about how both sides are worthless -which is impossible unless all of America is worthless.
America is a great nation worth protecting, and we can disagree about policy while still wanting our country to thrive and prosper. A person who hates America can never say that, which makes it obvious who hates us.
we need to go back to a time before this crazy far right, this country was great back then. we need to make America Great another time.
That’s a weird way to spell Russia
This isn’t a new phenomenon. America has been wrestling with these kinds of extremists since the country was founded. Britain was using American colonies as a punishment for extremists in their country.
I mean it’s a pretty evil country by almost every metric. People like to bury their heads in the sand and pretend they live in some happy paradise.
The Trumper idiots need to wake up! Trump is married to a Russian communist Melania, DUH, WHERE’S YOUR SIGN.
The fiction that they fell for is that America was on some different trajectory, got derailed, and needs to “get back on the rails” and make up for lost time. Which in actuality means something entirely unrecognizable from what America has ever been.
Good job Russia and The Heritage Foundation!
This thread is Russian propaganda .