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nkrempa's avatar

Yet again, the GOP has conducted a master class in the politics of FEAR. Fear is one of the most powerful motivating factors in politics that I've seen in my lifetime. Those who vote to PREVENT something are much more passionate and stay 'on point' with greater frequency than those who espouse a supposedly beneficial thing. You can see it in even in the 1/6 insurrection - those mostly white people desperately wanted to overturn the results of the election because they're deathly afraid that they will become minorities in this country. They are TERRIFIED of losing their supremacy. DJT gave them the hope that he would suppress the minorities to the point where whites would remain the dominant 'race' regardless of numbers.

I'm not sure how one goes about motivating large numbers of people without using the same tactics, however. Even now, our greatest message to combat the lies regarding CRT is that the GOP will make our lives even more miserable if they're allowed to continue to demonize CRT. And that holds true in other areas as well... especially given the voter suppression tactics playing out across the nation.

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Jeanette Ruby's avatar

Nicely articulated. Thank you

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