Projection, Demonization, and Fear-MongeringPanicked Democrats are ratcheting up the only tactics they’ve got.October 17, 2024 by Mark Tapson Since the Harris/Walz team can’t best the dynamic Trump/Vance duo on substance, policy, vision, likeability, or charisma, their floundering campaign and media allies are having to rely entirely on the tactics they know best: shameless projection, the demonization of their Republican opponents, and hysterical fear-mongering. A Tuesday article at the far-Left Salon site managed to serve up examples of all three.
“’Brain flaws’: Understanding MAGA as an epidemic disease,” by Salon senior politics writer Chauncey DeVega, is just as unhinged as the headline suggests. Rightfully worried that the 2024 election will be a repeat of Trump’s 2016 upset victory over Hillary Clinton, DeVega tried to help his readers make sense of the unpredictable political landscape by getting the opinions of “a range of experts.” Since post-COVID Americans view “experts” with a lower degree of trust and confidence than they do used-car salesmen, this may not have been the wisest choice for bringing clarity to people, but Salon readers are only seeking confirmation bias anyway. And these “experts” delivered.
Katherine Stewart, author of The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism, told DeVega it’s a tragedy that such “a large portion of the American electorate has been so propagandized and manipulated.” She’s right about that except that she’s referring to Trump supporters, when in fact that large portion of propagandized and manipulated voters are Democrats.
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