Life imitates art at least as often as art imitates life. And history does repeat itself. The next few clips you’ll see are a perfect encapsulation of the MAGA reptile brain on orange kool-aide. You will go long and far to find anything approximating these pieces, and if you find something that tops them, please do send it our way here on the blog at [email protected]. This is mesmerizing.
Donald Trump held a counter programming rally last night, because he’s decided that he’s too important to show up at a GOP debate and answer questions from moderators or prove himself in any way, shape or form. And actually, he’s right about that. Anybody who is going to vote for Trump is not doing so on a policy basis or with respect to any kind of a conscious thought process. They’re voting from the gut. The brain is not connected in any way, this is visceral impact, go for the kill time. And nobody says it better than fruit fly Roseanne Barr.
This may be Roseanne's toe wart that was removed in 1993. It escaped the lab and was never seen again…or was it?
MAGA Karen says "If Trump loses in 2024, I hope I die."https://t.co/0h2KSjP13Y
— Jamison Daniel (@AntiquarianMuse) November 9, 2023
Isn’t that perfection itself, those two pieces? It’s so inspiring when Americans are gathered together in crowds chanting about things they’d like to kill. Produces gooseflesh. Makes the skin crawl is a more apt descriptor.
It could happen, folks. Put it this way, it wouldn’t be any stranger than anything that we’ve seen in Trump world so far. And you know how many times we’ve seen something happen that if a screenwriter put it in a movie, you simply would not believe it. That happens all the time nowadays. We’re living in an improbable script and that makes sense, considering the fact that a reality TV actor trust fund baby with the maturity of an 8-year-old is the center of our political universe right now — and for the past seven years.
The MAGA Karen said that she got her information from Telegram. That figures. Washington Post:
As all of this jockeying has been going on, though, there are still places on the Internet, mostly tucked out of plain sight, where unfettered and unmoderated right-wing rhetoric has a home. In recent months, one of those places — Telegram — has become, perhaps, the most prominent platform for the right-wing fringe, a place where those blocked from Twitter can be heard and where everyone else can say things that Twitter would not allow.
If you want to know what white nationalist leader Nick Fuentes — banned from Twitter — has to say about the war in Russia, you can follow him on Telegram. If you want to hear from prominent election-fraud conspiracy theorists such as Lin Wood and Douglas Frank, both have large followings on the platform. If you’re curious how the news looks from the perspective of fringe outlets and voices, Telegram gives people such as Stew Peters an opportunity to show you.
Experts who spoke with The Post suggested that Telegram plays an important, if not yet essential, role in the right-wing information ecosystem, offering a respite from scrutiny and moderation. It’s a place where the fringe’s bubble of disinformation and rhetoric can remain unpunctured — which is often precisely the appeal.
In the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the Capitol, there was a sudden surge of interest in alternatives to Twitter and Facebook. After all, the day’s violence prompted both social networks to remove President Donald Trump’s accounts — an unprecedented crackdown on one of the most prominent voices in the world. His allies were spooked. Other right-wing platforms were unavailable; Parler, for example, was removed from phone app stores as evidence accrued suggesting that it was used to coordinate the day’s events. One expert who spoke with The Post predicted that for many people fleeing the big sites, “Telegram will be a main platform they turn to.”
This article is over a year old but it seems to have been prophetic. The problem here is what has been the problem all along: we have a culture war and a cultural schism in this country because people are believing two different set of facts. A difference of opinion is not fatal, but people believing up is down or black is white or truth is lies is a major problem. It is no coincidence that George Orwell’s “1984” shot to the top of the best seller list in February, 2017, after Donald Trump had been in office for about a week. The handwriting was on the wall in neon then and it still is.
There is no easy answer for this. Right-wing media is a huge industry. The Epoch Times is the fourth largest subscribed to newspaper in the country. There’s a demand for disinformation and where there’s a demand for anything, a supply will be found.
We live in the Tower of Babel. The only question is how much longer is that going to be sustainable? I don’t know if our MAGA Karen has any children or grand children but if they think like she does and believe that all the charges against Trump are made up, they’re going to be living in an unreal world. How many people living in unreality is sustainable before the information ecosystem simply breaks down? And then all our other systems behind it?
From Ms. Roseanne Toe Wart’s mouth to G_d’s ears. Hopefully the creator of the universe enjoys her company.
If this is a “thing” amongst the magats, let’s hope it is a thing for most, no ALL, of them. Our nation will be much, much, much, much, better for it.
chuckle-fucks–I like that. lmao
I didn’t realize the creator of the universe lived in Hell.
“MAGA Karen says “If Trump loses in 2024, I hope I die.” Well, if thats what she wants, let her go for it! It would not bother me if most (if not all) of the MAGA cult would follow suit. Oh, and Orwell’s 1984 was meant as a warning, not a blueprint!
I’m sorry, but whatever is legally required to reduce that ignorant vote is fine with me. You want to die if trumpleforeskin loses? With my blessings!
Hi donald, I just finished watching your reality tv rally at Hialeah last night and here’s what I came away with. Every point you made was based on outright lies, deception and deflection, the people behind the podium are paid actors, the people who led the audience chanting “trump, trump, trump” are plants, and your claim that Biden, rino’s and everyone else that opposes you are criminal and crooked, and are out to get you. is just bull****. Even your bull**** social website is a lie by name.
donald, everything about you and your rally is made up and is fake.
And I clearly see the real reason you’re running for president again; so you can pardon yourself… so you can escape prison.
I’m a die hard Republican but again, I’m voting for somebody else, not you donald.
You’ve lost my vote.
P.S. What really warps my noodle is pondering what are you going to do when you realize that you are not going to win the election and are headed to prison. Will you try to overthrow the government? Flee to Russia? Suicide? My hope is on the later.
He’d love to try again to overthrow our govt but without the element of surprise, it won’t come close. And he’s got no guts nor balls so suicide’s out. That leaves Russia and it’s a real possibility. Putin would set him up in the Kremlin as a “government in exile” where Donald could strut around feeling tough and fire off angry phone-ins to Fox News. Eventually Vlad would tire of him and some Novichok would be added to Donald’s breakfast hamburger.
Or he’ll get to close to a window 10 stories up.
Hi again donald, just had another thought. You say that every indictment is a badge of honor for you, that they are coming after me but you are standing in their way, and that you will go to prison for me and be a martyr if necessary.
That’s the biggest crock of bull**** I’ve ever heard, and as a matter of fact, and you know this donald, because I see that you are using Hitler’s words, phrases and lies in your campaign to get reelected, for example, Hitler often claimed that “only he can save Germany from ruin”.
donald, do you have to quote Hitler?
Can’t you come up with anything original to say?
You are illiterate, stupid, a phoney, a fake and a liar.
And I’m still not voting for you, no matter how often you quote Hitler, you moron.
Well, at least Roseanne Barr didn’t sing the national anthem and grab her crotch!
In the show Yellowstone, a fight breaks out on the land John Dutton owns between a motorcycle club from California and his ranch hands. They chase them off. They know they’ll be back so they’re waiting and catch them planning to burn the field. They make them dig their own graves, and when the leader, breaking from his bully image, begs because he has children, John replies: so do I, and from where I stand, they’ll be better off without you. A dead, child destroying, fascist isn’t someone to weep over. Drink up! This time leave your children out of your departure. Bon voyage!!!
A,small correction: It should be “Make AMERICA Griffin Again.”