A Question of Identity Politics 4
At the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Kevin McDermott has a wonder:
What do you suppose is the difference here? . . .
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February 9, 2022 at 6:07 pm
Charges of hypocrisy make Republicans laugh. They get off on it. What would be great is if our stenographer class of Corporate journalists didn’t treat disingenuous bad faith GOP bs as legitimate.
February 9, 2022 at 10:52 pm
I’m not sure I agree with this completely. As is the case with many hypocrites I have known, I think many of them rationalize away the hypocrisy and don’t see it at all. Even the baddest people in the world are able to convince themselves that, for whatever reason, what they do is somehow justified.
But that’s just me.
February 10, 2022 at 11:24 am
A good point Frank. I guess it is a function of self-awareness. I believe the Mitch McConnell and Gym Jordan of the world know their despicable liars but love being feted whereas the Major Traitor Greene and Lauren Boebert’s and Mad Nazi Cawthorn types are convinced they are Patriots and Heros.
February 10, 2022 at 10:42 pm
Well said. Far too many of our home-grown subversives convince themselves that they are patriots and that their subversion is somehow patriotic. Their ignorance is really quite appalling.
Puppet masters and their puppets. They make a dangerous team.
Aside: I see you are a fellow reader of Raymond Chandler . . . .