There is a pretty constant effect of GOP suppression policies on turnout of D-leaning groups. But yeah that doesn't explain swings like 2020-2024. For that I blame the median voter's abysmal long-term memory. Like...millions of people snoozed Trump back into office and then remembered they hate him.

This is why it's so affecting when Priam visits him and he becomes a real guy with non-anger emotions for a little while

They couldn't even get Newsmax to sign? Ha haaaa

I know the answer is probably "because 1 p.m. is 1 hour after noon" but it still doesn't sit right

Thomas "Do as I say, not as I do" Jefferson

I must have missed "All venues for regime-opposed discussion have already been crushed" on Eco's list of the characteristics of fascism

You can't think of _any_ reason to say "this is fascism" other than "and so we should give up"?

You can make the statement "this is fascism" with or without an implicit shrug. The shrug is a problem, but Tom is equating the shrug with the statement, which is unhelpful.

They're saying it to someone who is under the odd impression that calling fascism what it is entails giving up the opportunity to fight it.

I went to the theatre with Hans Landa back in 1944. He plays a character, but there is a real man behind it. The character may be a brutal genocidaire, but nevertheless,

I saw a good post recently, opining that the de facto state religion of America is "conservative political beliefs, held as if they were religious beliefs." Ties in with the whole thing where right-wingers will say they're super pro-Christianity and then not even go to church.

No one would care about the words on the list if Republican media weren't constantly howling about leftist speech police.