Hate-Crime Hoaxes Reflect America’s Sickness

[Spider]

The troubling thing is that it was so very easy to believe. trump and his ilk have lowered the bar so much that it just fit. Rednecks in MAGA hats roughing up some minority gay dude? Who wouldn't expect that from them?

[John Galt]

That's your problem and your own prejudices

I thought anyone in maga hats (which for the most part are people who don't actually exist except on the internet) are pussies and wouldn't do that kind of shit (it's why you pretty much only see them on the internet/rallies) so the whole thing was suspect from the get go

[ToddStarnes]

[Spider]

[ToddStarnes]

Genuinely curious what pattern you are referring to.

[Spider]

Yeah. You're right. My bad. The trumpkins...and the right in general, are in fact paragons of tolerance and diversity and have long been catalysts of social change and development.

[ToddStarnes]

Yeah, I haven't really seen a pattern of such behavior either. I do see a convenient strawman though, which is too bad.

[Kane]

You don't need Trump to recognize the GOPs repeated desire to be seen as a "victim."

- MSM, now fake news, always prejudiced against conservatives
- Guns - libs are gonna take them away from us by force!
- healthcare - gonna make us pay more in taxes for some lazy person's decisions!

Etc.

GOP has mastered being a victim. Look at Trump - he's the natural evolution of it. He's a grievance politician. We haven't done anything to ourselves - the world at large has been taking advantage of 'Mericuh. It perfectly mirrors past GOP platforms as well as Trump's own ego.

[Spider]

[ToddStarnes]