The right’s pervasive hypocrisy is not what it seems. It’s multi-level deception, and we perceive only the level they want us to see. On the first level, for tools like Trump and his MAGA foot soldiers it is raw psychological projection. They appear to be ‘giving the game away’ with accusations such as Biden and the left being fascist. This gives us some comfort in that we can figure this out, and some more in thinking that our opponents are so abysmally stupid, as if doing so gives us some kind of edge. But these are just actors following a script in Kabuki Theater, for which we’ve bought a ticket and watch attentively, while our ever-scarcening time to fight back dwindles.
Hypocrisy Weaponized
Hypocrisy Weaponized
Hypocrisy Weaponized
The right’s pervasive hypocrisy is not what it seems. It’s multi-level deception, and we perceive only the level they want us to see. On the first level, for tools like Trump and his MAGA foot soldiers it is raw psychological projection. They appear to be ‘giving the game away’ with accusations such as Biden and the left being fascist. This gives us some comfort in that we can figure this out, and some more in thinking that our opponents are so abysmally stupid, as if doing so gives us some kind of edge. But these are just actors following a script in Kabuki Theater, for which we’ve bought a ticket and watch attentively, while our ever-scarcening time to fight back dwindles.