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Good cop, bad cop.

Divide and conquer.

This is literally the exact point.

Also, Fox News for like 20 years or more has had a “liberal“ segment, where they do equal stereotyping, strawman, caricatures, and general bashing of “conservatives“

Divide and conquer. Get people to focus on inconsequential or less important issues or manufactured crisis (Which are real)…

… Instead of allowing folks of different political stripes to unite around, for example, an end to billionaires and oligarchy.

For a great example of this, take a look at what Fred Hampton was able to achieve. That’s exactly why he was assassinated.

Wait, what?

Please recommend a good source for that movement coverage!

The only reason I’m asking for a source is because, well, a lot of sources tend to leave out pretty vital info…!

NPR has gotten pretty neo liberal. Or maybe it always was, and I just didn’t have anything better to compare it against.

As someone who’s been watching this, I appreciate your willingness to grow.

TBH, it does come across a bit as gaslighting on your part: Making reference to Christmas & Turkey’s, and making authoritative statements that “no, it’s not happening“ doesn’t seem to me like the approach of someone who is genuinely open and curious to learn.

The so-called posturing is probably defensiveness on the part of a person whose views are being actively invalidated and shot down.

Please reread your original comment and take some time to reflect (I say this as someone w/ a long history of putting foot in mouth, and will probably continue doing so inadvertently…)

Off-topic:

My impression is the most folks who voted for Trump did so because they genuinely, honestly believed that he is really and truly and antiestablishment rebel… Who is genuinely trying to help the working poor.

Which they are [working poor.] (and, goes w/o saying, were hoodwinked by said ConMan… Just like all those retirees who voted for Ronald Reagan… And then were shocked and pissed when he immediately cut their Social Security.)

In short,… Please don’t blame cult victims who've been deceived by s/o they misperceive as an authentic, charismatic individual.

I could say the same thing about my parents, who (still) strongly support(ed) Biden, despite being equally strongly opposed to things he & his cronies did.

They believed the lies.

Actually, it’s made this one of the trending posts. Which means more people see it. Which… Can lead to important conversations.

Also, the rise of the Nazi party happened because people allowed it to happen.

Most folks tend to follow the herd. (Or the flock, if you prefer.)

When people see that other people aren’t going to tolerate it…

… That can help to spark/motivate others to actually organize … To lead to a movement.

See also:

• Bill Moyers MAP Movement action plan
• Thom Hartmann on the real history of the Boston Tea Party (they organized in top-secret, and it was about corporate cross-Atlantic (global-trade supply-chains/globalization) high finance, tax exemptions for the wealthy and subsidies. And kind of like Walmart, which was driving local/Indy Tea businesses on the North American continent out from under by giving unfair advantages to the British crown's East India Tea Company (W Military)
• books via https://bookshop.org/ which supports the Internet archive & local Indy bookstores) ::
• "The impossible will take a little while"
• The dandelion rebellion/revolution
• The power of habit
• human kind (by "a more radical/progressive Malcolm Gladwell")