“Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth"- Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda
"Keep repeating claims as if they are proven facts and weak minds believe." - Ken Carman, smirkingchimp.com
Typical now when perceptions and processing of events have fallen down a rabbit hole of surrealism and post-truth, is the inability of millions to grasp how Joseph R. Biden Jr. could beat Trump in the Nov. 3 election. This meme caught my attention when an NBC News correspondent interviewed some MAGA heads during the first pro-Trump post election rally in D.C. over a month ago. When the reporter asked two women why they disbelieve the election results, one responded:
"Because there is NO way Joe Biden could possibly get millions more voters!"
The other MAGA cap agreed and added:
"And besides, he never had any big rallies with thousands of people cheering! He's boring!"
Unbeknownst to the latter Trumpie, she had just uttered two fundamental memes that held the keys to unspooling the reasons for her disbelief.
The first was that indeed Biden had no big rallies. There were zero outdoor mass rallies with lots of fanfare. He wisely opted for simple, Covid-based rallies with maybe a couple hundred supporters confined to autos. That as opposed to holding super spreader events. The respect for science and the virus trumped ostentatious baloney, optics and PR. The error made by the Trumpies was in seeing these smaller, confined rallies as a gauge to election popularity and hence success. A similar error of assumptions was made by those who used the gauge of campaign signs on lawns to judge the popularity and hence victor of the 2020 election.
But if they'd have thought harder, paid more attention - or even talked to Biden supporters- they'd have recognized that a cursory evidence of absence does not mean absence of evidence. True, the pro-Biden voters tended to display few signs, but think of us as a great silent majority - keeping its powder dry- but ready to strike on election day. Alas for the Trumpies, they didn't think this way - and hence fell prey to Trump's "election fraud" lies and BS.
We ourselves were sent four signs (one large) from the Biden campaign, none of which found their way outside on our lawn - or rather xeriscaped front yard. Why? Because we didn't wish to arouse any neighborhood upheaval given the nation's polarization. (We'd also read how many Biden voters who did put out signs had them vandalized, and one even had "TRUMP" painted on her car's hood. )
So the tendency of maybe 9 of 10 Biden voters was to keep a low profile. Alas for the low I.Q. Trumpistas, they mistakenly took this for minimal support, and low popularity. Hence, why not believe Trump would stomp him in the election given so many more 'TRUMP' yard signs?
The other mental miscalculation of the Trump- MAGA horde was to mistake "boring" for unacceptable. But they got this exactly 180 degrees wrong. Because as it turned out what 81 million plus voters wanted was LESS loudness, brashness, chaos, tweeting bull pockey and insults - and in general disrespecting every norm under the Sun. In other words, that majority voting bloc wanted relative peace and tranquility - at least from the leader occupying the office of President. They wanted an adult in the room, not an overgrown 5 -year old subject to hissy fits, tweet tantrums and demeaning the high office.
Therein lie the awful truths, hard for people to swallow who value bravado, bullshit and bombast over maturity, pluck, honesty and competence. But that is why Biden whipped Trump's ass in the election, certainly the popular vote, and why it was no error or mistake that he did! (Trump himself can't comprehend these reasons for loss, so no surprise his followers wouldn't).
The Trumpies need to grow up, put on their big boy pants (and brains), accept these hard truths. Instead of continuing to suck at the teats of Trump's toxic "voter fraud" lies and endless sedition and grievance- laced victimhood.
Those who want more details of how Trumpism works can read “How Fascism Works.”
See Also:
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by Bruce Ticker | January 15, 2021 - 6:16am | permalink
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