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Re: Trump supporters think they're players — but they're still just pawns

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On 2021-07-12 17:40:53 +0000, Fred Oinka said:

> The best grift works by convincing the mark that they're part of the con. LOL!
> 
> In his speech at the second "annual" Conservative Political Action 
> Conference of the year, Trump bragged about how he lies about polls and 
> elections when he doesn't win them. "You know, they do that straw poll, 
> right?" Trump asked, referring to the 2024 GOP nominee straw poll CPAC 
> conducted of attendees. "If it's bad, I say it's fake. If it's good, I 
> say, that's the most accurate poll perhaps ever."
> 
> The "humor" of this not-actually-a-joke is due to being a sly reference 
> to the Big Lie — an admission on Trump's part that he didn't win in 
> 2020 and is merely saying otherwise for political gain. And it's no 
> surprise that Trump went there. He loves to brag about how much 
> corruption and crime he gets away with.
> 
> What is perhaps more important is the audience's reaction to this not-a-joke. 
> 
> Trump got a huge laugh from the CPAC crowd, despite the death and 
> destruction the Big Lie has already caused. As the clip went viral, 
> there was no outraged reaction from GOP voters, no anger that he lies 
> to them in order to enlist their support for an authoritarian coup. 
> Trump supporters aren't mad about Trump admitting he lied for one 
> simple reason: They don't think they're the ones being lied to. They 
> think they're in on it. They know why the Big Lie has been propped up, 
> first to justify Trump's failed coup and now for the ongoing efforts by 
> the GOP to steal the next election. They see themselves as 
> co-conspirators, and thus knowingly laugh at this in-joke about the 
> conspiracy. 
> 
> But just because the typical GOP supporter thinks he's in on the con 
> doesn't mean he's not a dupe. On the contrary, Trump and other 
> right-wing leaders deeply understand the adage that you can't cheat an 
> honest man. Letting GOP voters believe they're in on the authoritarian 
> schemes is the way that Trump and other leaders trick these folks into 
> being their pawns.

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Trump supporters think they're players — but they're still just pawns  Fred Oinka <stardusthevm@gmail.com> - 2021-07-12 12:40 -0500
  Re: Trump supporters think they're players � but they're still just pawns  Skeeter <Scoot@invalid.invalid> - 2021-07-12 11:50 -0600
  Re: Trump supporters think they're players — but they're still just pawns  % <fakeme@aol.com> - 2021-07-12 15:36 -0500
    Re: Trump supporters think they're players — but they're still just pawns % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2021-07-12 14:02 -0700
      Re: Tony Eaks, PISSBUM % <dave.keating@squiggles.com> - 2021-07-13 06:37 -0400
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                Re: FAT DAVE KEATING AKA %  INTELLIGENTS Skeeter <tony.eaks@invalid.invalid> - 2021-07-13 13:23 -0400
                Re: Tony Eaks, PISSBUM Brennus <brennus@allia.org> - 2021-07-13 18:03 +0000
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                Re: Tony Eaks, PISSBUM Brennus <brennus@allia.org> - 2021-07-13 21:20 +0000
    Re: Trump supporters think they're players � but they're still just pawns  Skeeter <Scoot@invalid.invalid> - 2021-07-12 16:41 -0600

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