The New York Times has a great article on the delusion of the right wing extremists and the media that is supporting that delusion. But they missed one key component, and that is that the current expectation of these extremists is that Trump will declare martial law and direct mass arrests of Democrats as well as any Republicans deemed disloyal (such as the Governors of the "swing States" and all members of the SCOTUS except Alito and Thomas).
Their "reasoning" is that by certifying the election results, the "swing States" have committed an illegal act (Trump tweeted exactly that the other day) and this was all part of Trump's plan to trap his enemies into committing fraud and "forcing" him to act.
According to them, this will all be triggered Friday by a report from the DNI regarding foreign election interference.
When this doesn't happen, their next expectation is that Pence will somehow just declare Trump the winner, or that he will report the fake Trump elector votes instead of the actual elector votes.
The complete delusion of the right wing extremists
I expect it will help. Hard to say what will happen with Trump after the election. It could range from he goes to prison for many years to he becomes the next Alex Jones.
But it's hard to see him with the reach he has now if he's denied access to twitter. But even that is greatly amplified by the media. The biggest question to me is what coverage mainstream media outlets will continue to give Trump. Or have they actually learned their lesson from 2015.I don't think sites like Parler and MeWe matter. The issue is not how radicals talk to each other, it's how do they recruit. And the answer to that is the mainstream social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook.
it’s the average republican voter that listens and believes the average Republican politician that is the real scare in my opinion. Years of the Republican Party telling people not to believe the media or scientists has brought us to Trump. He isn’t the problem. The GOP is. Radical right with guns...not such a fun thing to think about. But how would a civil war work when it’s not state against state but city against country? Left against right. It’s a mess and good luck to Biden. Republicans have created a mess or gigantic proportions.
It's fortunate that Right Wing extremism doesn't have a track record ... of ... no, wait.
Abbie Richards is my new heroine. I just can't believe how simple and fun she has made this categorization of conspiracy theories, and how her simple TikToks went viral. Also, she's a master's student in climate science and I happen to believe, as an earth scientist, that you get overdosed on conspiracy theorists and science deniers if you try to work in earth science.
Genius:
Great job by her! I would have preferred if she included some of the left wing extremist conspiracy theories though.
Like, the notion that the DNC sabotaged Sanders in 2016 and 2020. Remember in the primaries just 6 months ago there were some people who had crazy theories about why Joe Biden went from barely there to winner in the course of one week. Or that some oligarchy actually rules the US and that it doesn't matter who is elected since the oligarchy picks all the candidates to serve them instead of the people.Hey some guy just woke up from a coma and had some questions:
I saw a video of this or basically this. Guy pulls the plug after the conversation.
Seems like a pretty asymmetrical response by the police. Where are the batons, shields, and tear gas? Is that reserved for BLM protests?
