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The current Republican platform is largely based on stupid easily disproven lies. I'm convinced our fall to fascism is caused by stupidity as much as it is hatred.
"Doctors are cutting little boys dicks off because they like the color pink!"
"They're performing abortions after birth!"
"Haitians are eating all the cats and dogs!"
"They're putting litter boxes in the school bathrooms!"
There's really only two kinds of Republican: The evil ones who spread these lies intentionally, and the stupid ones who believe this dumb shit.
Hatred is stupidity. Always has been.
Hatred is also taught.
Its sad that kids are in MAGA as well due to this.
Never underestimate how much destruction stupid people with power can cause.
This is why evil rarely succeeds in the long-term: when you have that many self-absorbed fucks attempt to work together, it rarely yields anything useful.
yeah, but it takes a fraction of the time to destroy than to build. They don't need long-term, they can wreak havoc in one term
Good point 🍻