What's known as American conservatism is mostly rural white cultural sensibilities that have been marketed as a political philosophy. This is nowhere more evident than the many children's books that have been published to fulfill a supposed need for "godly" kid-lit.
A few more. Please note that these are all real and that I've provided only a small sampling here.
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Still more. You'll notice that Rush Limbaugh has an entire series of kids' books.
The content of some of the books is terrible as well. The "Pepe and Pede" book is anti-Muslim propaganda and promotes white nationalist themes. It was written by a (since-fired) junior high assistant principal vice.com/en/article/vbb…
And then there's the author of the Donald the Caveman series, Trumpvangelical radio host Eric Metaxas.
He hosted Alex Jones and other crazies to call for a coup against the election and has said he'd be "happy to die" for Trump religionnews.com/2020/11/30/eri…
This is cultic politics, something you dedicate your entire life to, & the lives of your children, whether they want it or not.
Adults listen to Rush at work, the kids homeschool and read My Parents Open Carry, & everyone gathers round at night for Carlson, Ingraham, and OAN.
Via @tina_nguyen, here's another addition to this thread. Mike Huckabee has decided to get into the kiddie Trump worship business.
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🧵 All the memes about JD Vance really boil down to that he is a deeply traumatized person who has decided to embrace the evil he experienced instead of transcending it.
His first Megyn Kelly interview revealed who he really is.
He's someone who changed his name repeatedly, but hates trans people.
He called Trump "America's Hitler" but now is his chief lieutenant.
Vance seemingly wears makeup daily but hates drag shows.
He once denounced Republicans as a group "defined by what it opposes: science, liberalism, and gays," but now fulminates against secular "cat ladies" who supposedly want to force unspecified ideas onto people.
🧵 Six years ago, Bari Weiss published her intro to the "Intellectual Dark Web," and in the interim it's become crystal-clear that the IDW was just one of many rebranding efforts done by the right.
🧵 Republicans constantly claim that Donald Trump has been unfairly singled out and that somehow prosecuting ex-presidents destabilizes politics.
This is totally and completely false. Bill Clinton was the first president convicted of crimes, not Trump plus.flux.community/p/donald-trump…
Right-wing propagandists are desperate for you to forget that Bill Clinton was found guilty of committing perjury and faced several penalties for his crime.
Although it wasn't that long ago, many people have forgotten that Bill Clinton:
-Paid $850,000 to Paula Jones
-Had his Arkansas law license suspended
-Paid a $90,000 federal fine
-Paid a $25,000 AK fine
-Surrendered his Supreme Court bar license plus.flux.community/p/donald-trump…
🧵 Christian fascists have had a prominent place among Republicans since the rise of Barry Goldwater, but Donald Trump made them the senior partner in the party.
But instead of telling this truth, MSM execs elevated fictitious Republicans like Ronna McDaniel. This must stop.
This thread is a summary of my latest @DiscoverFlux essay. You can continue here or click through for the prose version. plus.flux.community/p/ronna-mcdani…
With the exception of ex-CNN president Jeff Zucker, America's largest news organizations didn't hire the congenital liars like Kellyanne Conway as commentators.
Instead, they hired fictitious Republicans, soulless shills like Hugh Hewitt w no constituency and nothing to say.
🧵 Everyone's still talking about how weird Katie Britt sounded last week. It's even more interesting once you realize that she doesn't normally talk in that breathy and melodramatic voice.
That she chose to speak that way is an interesting story...
This thread is a summary of my latest @TheoryChange episode. I left the link out in the previous post since the doofus authoritarian who owns this site downranks posts with links to external sites.
🧵 Talking to Trump super fans about politics is often a surreal experience. And that's because they literally do not understand what you are talking about.
Why is that? Because Trump devotees actually believe that truth derives from authority rather than reality...
This thread is a summary of my latest @DiscoverFlux piece, which you can find here. I am not including the link because a certain authoritarian billionaire deliberately downranks links in posts.