Both of y’all said something I needed to hear.
All the smug laughing at the yokels just reinforces our own self-satisfaction, making it easier to ignore the real damages of our policies, and makes it easier to ignore the actual atrocity of what’s being proposed and normalized. Yes, they are clowns, but don’t let that fool you: they’ll still get all of us killed.
The “weird” phenomenon was impactful and different because it wasn’t excusing it as a source of entertainment, but recognizing the surreal horror of what these people advocate for.
