http://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2022/05/08/attack-the-right-gain-credibility-kick-as-thread-on-how-the-evangelical-elite-treat-the-left-versus-the-right-a-must-read/
This is one of those threads that is so damn good we really don’t have much to add … that of course, won’t stop us from rambling on and on but yeah.
This is how the elite stays elite, at least in their small minds.
It’s long but well worth the time to read so grab a snack.
Stephen Wolfe (@PerfInjust) ~ Thread:
When the evangelical elite talk about "persuasion" in the public sphere, they usually assume the following ethos:
1) Punch Right; thoughtfully engage Left.
2) Ascribe good faith to the Left (despite many reasons not to) and ascribe bad faith to the Right.
This.
Keep going.
Stephen Wolfe (@PerfInjust) ~ 3) Attack the Right to gain credibility with the Left, especially when it's about the Right's "hypocrisy".
4) "Credibility" with the Left is always the form that shapes the rhetoric.
And they love bringing on any Republican who has turned against their party.
See Liz Cheney.
See Adam Kinzinger.
See Mitt Romney. ...
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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