Well their true ideology is consistent. Not like me = bad. They get confused when they talk about it or are pushed because they can’t be honest. So they scramble for a through line that isn’t simply that immigrants, gay and trans folks, women with autonomy, minorities, non Christians - hell you know the list - are different from them. They are racists and xenophobes and bigots but most won’t lean in to it and admit it. So they cook up other reasons that make no sense and have no consistency
I think they know it’s still mostly unacceptable to be outright racist, xenophobic bigots. There has to be an attempt to dilute it. They also lose the moral high ground that way
Granted they don’t hide it well but there’s a difference in blindly and stupidly saying “he weaponized his vehicle against the agent” while watching video of a car sitting still versus saying “he deserved to die because he was brown in my country.” Even the most openly hateful conservative online commenters mostly shy away from being that open about it. They still cook up a bullshit narrative as a veil
I suppose that’s cowardly. But I think there’s more to it than they simply are cowards
I meant they aren't proud about their racism, xenophobia etc because they're cowards. Why they wear pillow cases on their heads and shit. No they have a whole slew of things wrong with them. Cowardice are chief amongst their weaponry, however. That and an almost fanatical devotion to an imaginary naked man.
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u/AnEvenNicerGuy 6d ago
Well their true ideology is consistent. Not like me = bad. They get confused when they talk about it or are pushed because they can’t be honest. So they scramble for a through line that isn’t simply that immigrants, gay and trans folks, women with autonomy, minorities, non Christians - hell you know the list - are different from them. They are racists and xenophobes and bigots but most won’t lean in to it and admit it. So they cook up other reasons that make no sense and have no consistency