The Toxic Conservative Email Stream

The next in this series of toxic conservative messages, all from the same email, is this:

Which is really quite funny, because it expects its readers to not having paid attention to the last couple of years. The facts of the matter?

The first three claims all came about on the Republicans‘ watch.

And the fourth, so far as I can make out, didn’t occur at all.

This is a classic case of projection, a marked Trumpian trait easily recognized by those who’ve studied the former President. I suppose it’s unsurprising that the conservative email bloodstream has become infected with this fallacious communications strategy, as the former President has become a mythic character to those completely dedicated to the cause – and the propagandists have observed that fact and incorporated it into their strategies.

The purpose of this particular message is to keep the reader both angry at and contemptuous of the Democrats – enough so that rational thought and investigation seems unnecessary.

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