• MagicShel@lemmy.zip
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    24 hours ago

    I think you’re right. And I think it’s in large part because news is largely a right-wing echo chamber. Not that there aren’t left-leaning outlets, but the most visible outlets are either overtly right-leaning or spend all their time platforming right-leaning people and then lending them legitimacy by mainstream-washing the completely bonkers garbage they spew.

    “Kristi Noem, known for her no-nonsense stance on pet discipline…”, “President Trump attended an understated and somber celebration of American military history…”

    Anyway, point is when enough people stand together they become difficult to ignore and de-legitimize. Just the act of uniting so many people from every walk of life, particularly in light of Trump’s failure parade on sadness street, is empowering. Trump barely broke into double-digit thousands offering $1k per person (I don’t know what the actual number is, but I’m sure it’s not more than 10% of the “official” tally).

    It was a stroke of genius to hold the protest on Trump’s birthday, making it a clear contest which Trump lost by yuge margins—margins like you’ve never seen before. Some people are saying the biggest margins ever.

    Even Fox News can’t spin that as anything other than abject failure, and if there’s anything MAGA hates more than minorities, it’s losers.