The Big Lie that the 2020 Presidential Election was stolen isn’t just about that election.
It’s about the GOP weaponizing conspiracy theories to disenfranchise voters, refusing to accept future electoral defeats, and systematically dismantling democracy.
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It’s about the GOP weaponizing conspiracy theories to disenfranchise voters, refusing to accept future electoral defeats, and systematically dismantling democracy.
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We are watching, right now, a completely unfounded conspiracy theory legitimize efforts by the Right to combat their historic unpopularity by undoing elections and threatening violence.
The cord of shared society is coming unraveled, and it’s all by design.
The cord of shared society is coming unraveled, and it’s all by design.
The mythology of the Big Lie of a stolen election is predicated on white supremacy and oppression of people of color. This is an American tradition, and we’re seeing neo-Confederate principles emerge with every passing day.
The GOP has made it orthodoxy that its members must not only trumpet the Big Lie of a stolen election, but we’re now seeing it will be orthodoxy to undermine elections, invalidate results, and aggressively disenfranchise voters.
And it’s only going to get worse.
And it’s only going to get worse.
Initiatives to disenfranchise voters and overturn elections will undoubtedly not just throw results, but lead to violence. Violence is the only means to protect illegal, cruel, massively unpopular policies and oppression.
The rhetoric is already preparing acceptance of violence.
The rhetoric is already preparing acceptance of violence.
The Right is consistently peppering their messaging with references to terrorists, insurgents, traitors, and armies, laying the groundwork for the violence and cruelty necessary to protect future and ongoing oppression. It will be essential in carrying these actions out.
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