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Javaman

(64,635 posts)
Wed Nov 2, 2022, 11:35 AM Nov 2022

Emboldening of the nuts

We all saw it coming and with Jan. 6th it came to a head, but did it?

The perpetrators of Jan 6th are being rounded up and put in jail.

But those were the organizers, the instigators, the foot soldiers. Certainly not TFG or any one of the members of his room full of dope advisors or hanger-ons or general sycophants. Yeah, bannon will get his short stint in prison for contempt and hopefully he will get more when the real trail begins.

flynn and stone got their "get of jail free card", I believe, purposely released, to formant revolt.


But these are all the "big" players. (even the morons that stormed the capital)

Now let me step back a moment and look into the wayback machine.

There have always been the fringe nuts out there spouting off theories of flat earth, fake moon landings etc., but it wasn't until the internet became a widely used platform that these nuts gained traction (the proto-nut movement of the tea party loons comes to mind). Before, they were relegated to the "letters to the editor" section of your local newspaper. Like minded nuts would nod in agreement in their homes, reading their local rag, but nothing more. With the wide spread use of the internet, suddenly those nuts nodding in agreement now had a platform for like minded nuts.

President born in Kenya, cover ups of various aids to politicians killed, and on and on.

But then the grifter/sociopath TFG gets in and things go into overdrive.

Playing to the nut base, and those suspicious of just about everything, he (TFG) found his calling. He knew that if the nation in general, knew of his past crimes, he wouldn't be elected dog catcher. So what does he do? He plays to the nuts that he's the victim. More so, he frames it that he is like them; a victim of a "corrupt" system that is out to get him/them and have kept him/them down because only he/they know the "truth". It was pretty clever, but then again, that's what sociopath/con artists do. They craft scams in such a way that makes the mark (his nut followers) feel that they came up with the idea.

In steps Q and the rest is a self perpetuating machine of racism, bigotry, violence and abject stupidity.

He also slowly destroys the system and blames it on his predecessor or in a general sense; all Democrats.

While TFG was, more or less in control of the scam, there were times, where the monster started to act against the master.

I think now, we have reached a point, where, via certain media outlets, right wing politians purposely being quite, fringe mouth piece right wing segregates encourage such actions believing that it's all about ratings and poll number; completely forgetting, either purposely or ignorantly, that real people are being threatened, killed and Doxxed.

however, after the brief and very bizarre history, here we are. I think, sadly, we have reached a point where the monster controls the machine. TFG could drop dead tomorrow of old age and all it would do would be to feed more insanity into the disinformation fringe conspiracy machine; "he was killed by the deep state" etc.

I fear, and sadly believe now, that the attack on Speaker Pelosi's husband is just the beginning.

There seems to be more of the emboldened fringe nuts out to commit violence because their Q-addled mines make them believe that all their problems in their little lives are caused by the Left and the Democrats.

We, as a nation, have passed through the the looking glass and the fringe nuts have turned around and smashed/shattered the exit.

More and more I am of the belief that Jan 6th was just the preamble.

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Emboldening of the nuts (Original Post) Javaman Nov 2022 OP
Hang in there, we ain't dead yet vlyons Nov 2022 #1
Arrests of some high level people would take the wind out of the movement's sails. CrispyQ Nov 2022 #2
Totally agree. IzzaNuDay Nov 2022 #3

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
1. Hang in there, we ain't dead yet
Wed Nov 2, 2022, 12:00 PM
Nov 2022

Let's see what the election brings. I think there may be some very unhappy and unelected Republicans. Of course, they will holler "election stolen," but there won't be any proof of that. People are sick and tired of Trump. There are more than a few Republicans, who while still kissing his ass want him to go away, so they can have the spotlight and run for POTUS. Plus after the election, we may see the DOJ take off the kid gloves and file some indictments.

True we will have several generations of RW degenerate crazies plagueing us, but don't let the bastards get you down. There are far more decent people in this country than there are degenerate assholes. Turn off Fox News and tell your family and friends not to watch it. Act like Fox News is worse than kiddie porn, because it is.

CrispyQ

(40,314 posts)
2. Arrests of some high level people would take the wind out of the movement's sails.
Wed Nov 2, 2022, 12:01 PM
Nov 2022

One guy, in particular, is playing fast & loose with national secrets but we continue to handle him with kid gloves. In the meantime, it's likely that SCOTUS will rule in favor of state legislatures determining election results, just in time for 2024.

Other than GOTV, I think our side doesn't know how to fight this. So much in our system has been left to the honor system & we're still using that system when the other side has thrown all ethics in the trash, all pretense of fairness is gone. It's seriously impacting my opinion of people I know who still identify as republican.

IzzaNuDay

(1,160 posts)
3. Totally agree.
Wed Nov 2, 2022, 12:26 PM
Nov 2022

Had J6 happened a century ago, there would have been mass executions of the traitors. The MAGA crowd is emboldened to do whatever knowing Justice will not be swift…

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