Everyone is accurately calling this projection but I dunno that it's widely appreciated how *fundamental* projection is to the reactionary mindset -- it's an engine of moral self-justification that is common to reactionaries across times & cultures.
https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1317174325686927361
Want to see some raw projection & how it works? Read this piece about what conservatives say when there's no media or libs around. "This is a spiritual battle we are in. This is good versus evil. We have to do everything we can to win."
washingtonpost.com/investigations…
washingtonpost.com/investigations…
They are getting together & psyching one another up to suppress votes. How? By telling each other scary campfire tales about what the dread Dems are doing. They activate one another's fears until being racist & suppressing votes feels like something they simply *must* do.
That the stories about Dems (fraud, ballot harvesting, etc.) are demonstrably ludicrous, utterly lacking evidence, is entirely beside the point. The point of the stories is not to accurately reflect reality, it is to stoke rage & thereby silence conscience.
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