Thread by @jgkoomey

There is some truth to this analysis, in the following sense: Both sides see the election as existential. The asymmetry, though, is that only one side is correct. The Trumpist/GOP believes many false and delusional things, and we need to reckon with that problem.

https://twitter.com/iyad_elbaghdadi/status/1323955603690192897

It's not enough to talk about how both sides feel about things, we need to analyze what motivates both sides' feelings.

Dems correctly see that science is being ignored, the pandemic is running rampant, the economy is in a shambles, and the Trumpist GOP is corrupting the democratic process enormously.

The Trumpists believe Trump when he says we're "rounding the corner" on the epidemic, that the epidemic will all disappear quickly, that he's "making America great again" (whatever that means),and that the economy is doing well. This is all nonsense.

When people believe nonsense and it motivates them strongly, in spite of all arguments to the contrary, then we have to realize that they are in a cult. This is the fundamental problem. Cultists need to be deprogrammed, but this is hard to do.

Here's a good analysis of the quandary facing Dems as they consider how this all went down. No simple answers. The racist, fascist cult is hard to defeat in a country where racism is systemic and authoritarians are everywhere. We need to see this clearly.

https://twitter.com/DavidOAtkins/status/1323925023413858307?s=20

The fact that this election, after all Trump and the GOP have done, is even close is evidence for this point of view. The authoritarian racist cultists are numerous, and the coalition of the decent may not be enough to defeat them.

The negligence and incompetence of Trump and the GOP are responsible for more than 100,000 pandemic dead, for example, and will be responsible for thousands more, particularly if Trump is re-elected. ncdp.columbia.edu/custom-content…

Here's evidence of all the ways Trump and the GOP have been trying to corrupt the election:

https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/1323745551196803078?s=20

More on the corruption of the postal service in an attempt to swing the election:

https://twitter.com/AngrierWHStaff/status/1323709773066473477?s=20

https://twitter.com/_cingraham/status/1323727203788447744?s=20

Here's a great thread listing all the unAmerican things the Trump GOP have done in the past four years. Ripping children from their parents' arms. Ignoring Americans hard hit by natural disasters. Coddling our enemies. Nepotism. Unprecedented corruption.

https://twitter.com/brianklaas/status/1323350194075914247?s=20

How can any sane rational person vote for such incompetence, malevolence, and corruption? Nobody sane or rational could. That means that people who vote for it are not sane or rational. They are in a cult. We need to reckon with that reality. /fin

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