Been thinking a lot this morning about bad faith on the Right and how it’s already in full bloom from its media and politicians.
It’s time to change the way we handle this, the way we experience it, the way it makes us feel and how it effects us.
It’s time to change the way we handle this, the way we experience it, the way it makes us feel and how it effects us.
For those who spent the early aughts watching The Daily Show it became a study in those bad faith tactics, how the Right was engaged in malleable ideology, nihilistic power grabs, and outright gaslighting.
It’s an incredible weapon and it’s time to disarm it.
It’s an incredible weapon and it’s time to disarm it.
We all know the Right has become a principleless, antidemocratic, fascistic movement dedicated only to power and profit. It’s time to stop pretending otherwise and allowing these snipes and bad faith efforts to have any oxygen whatsoever. They’re not a surprise, at all.
Social media has a tendency sometimes to revolve around “look, here’s another bad faith effort by the Right,” mainly because there are so many and they’re so obvious.
We have to start looking beyond the instances and start breaking down what’s actually being communicated.
We have to start looking beyond the instances and start breaking down what’s actually being communicated.
Right Wing hypocrisy hinges on opportunities for cementing alternate realities that entrap supporters. Each hypocrisy is a tell and insight into how those alternate realities are constructed and what societal/political triggers are being used to maintain support.
I’m exhausted ALREADY by Right Wing hypocrisy and it’s only going to get worse as they suddenly worry about *THE DEFICIT* and *NORMS*.
Let’s expect it but dig deeper and start the hard, necessary work of destroying these toxic alternate realities and not allowing the frustration
Let’s expect it but dig deeper and start the hard, necessary work of destroying these toxic alternate realities and not allowing the frustration
Let’s try, when engaging in bad faith Right Wing hypocrisy to not just share it but figure out why it’s happening, what it exposes.
Similarly, we have to stop giving clicks to these ridiculous op-eds that media run simply to turn into viral controversies.
Similarly, we have to stop giving clicks to these ridiculous op-eds that media run simply to turn into viral controversies.
We’ve been living through a nightmare. Now it’s time to really reflect on what’s happening and how it happened. We can do better and learn from this, but I’m already seeing people fall back into old patterns that got us here.
Let’s learn. Let’s get better.
Let’s learn. Let’s get better.
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