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Church of Civic Duty @alexflexnelson.bsky.social · 7h

It’s such a dull romanticized version of rural life. It’s like the embodiment of the “all hat no cowboy” saying. It’s like all stollen valor for people who actually live pretty disconnected from society. It’s kinda like stollen farm valor masking an anti-social personality disorder

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Cameron @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 9h

every smug internet communist tweet about showing up to a No Kings protest with an abolish ICE shirt to scare the libs is getting completely mogged by the real-life winemoms showing up with slogans like "ICE will melt in hell"

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 15h

Remember back in January when all these sage politics-knowers were writing about how there had been a vibe shift and now the resistance was over?

lol. lmao.

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 12h

Elites collapsed and capitulated. Regular people never did. #NoKings

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 15h

Remember back in January when all these sage politics-knowers were writing about how there had been a vibe shift and now the resistance was over?

lol. lmao.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 9h

For sure some of the legacy media outlets are downplaying the protests because they’re aligned with Trump, but I think an even bigger factor is how many elite journalists have a patrician disdain for the idea that politics can happen in the streets and not just the CNN green room.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 9h

The notion that regular people could be political agents outside of elections isn’t threatening to them, it’s incomprehensible.

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Church of Civic Duty @alexflexnelson.bsky.social · 7h

To be clear this is only slightly worse than rural republicans who are extremely hateful and hold a grievance many believe can only be sated by blood.

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Church of Civic Duty @alexflexnelson.bsky.social · 7h

Being a Republican outside of the actual rurals these days is like 95% cosplaying as someone from the rurals: drive truck, wear camo, buy guns, pretend your exurban sprawling estate is a “ranch”

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Church of Civic Duty @alexflexnelson.bsky.social · 7h

Being a Republican outside of the actual rurals these days is like 95% cosplaying as someone from the rurals: drive truck, wear camo, buy guns, pretend your exurban sprawling estate is a “ranch”

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Church of Civic Duty @alexflexnelson.bsky.social · 7h

Puts on RealTree™️ camo hat: ok let me tell you a thing or two about Republicans that all you liberals don’t seem to understand.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13h

to this i would add a good amount of self-loathing stemming from a belief that liberal political views are somehow “inauthentic” or an affectation of “elites”

lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 14h

I agree with whoever said a rather under-appreciated dynamic is the extent to which Professional Politics Opinion Havers flat out just find the left interpersonally irritating in a way they do not find the right so, and I think a lot of the talk of a vibe shift was wish-casting their irritants away.

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Church of Civic Duty @alexflexnelson.bsky.social · 1d

Not me though I’m just going to panic over the YouGov and Quinnipiac polls that show a a small MOE dip form poll to poll

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Church of Civic Duty @alexflexnelson.bsky.social · 1d

But like…not the worst idea

Church of Civic Duty @alexflexnelson.bsky.social · 1d

Fodder for “feckless” posting

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Church of Civic Duty @alexflexnelson.bsky.social · 1d

I know they’re a GOP aligned poll but it really seems like they mostly exist to cause panic for liberals with anxiety disorders.

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(Vic)Gurgis @vicgurg.bsky.social · 1d

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Church of Civic Duty @alexflexnelson.bsky.social · 5d

Also kinda crazy that two years ago e thought spanberger would be like this and she’s gotten much better. So, that’s nice!

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Church of Civic Duty @alexflexnelson.bsky.social · 5d

Different problem than the one I’m talking about imo but noted!

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Church of Civic Duty @alexflexnelson.bsky.social · 5d

The trend seems to favor Dems and the fundamentals more so right? Like a poll came out 3 days ago from a conservative firm but…?

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Church of Civic Duty @alexflexnelson.bsky.social · 5d

“Win every election isn’t a viable strategy” well give us a better idea buddy.

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Church of Civic Duty @alexflexnelson.bsky.social · 5d

The feed being awash with electoral doomers while VA and NJ are building a tidal wave margin for democrats and this admin trips on its own shoelaces 10 times before Trump even turns the tv down for his first truth social post is crazy.

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Church of Civic Duty @alexflexnelson.bsky.social · 5d

*whispers* reaction works in both directions and right now it’s against weiss

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Church of Civic Duty @alexflexnelson.bsky.social · 5d

I was going to delete this because it sounds trite but within an hour of logging on people are arguing with me—it seems in earnest—that bari Weiss is about to turn the American electorate into a permanent zombie conservative bloc.

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Church of Civic Duty @alexflexnelson.bsky.social · 5d

I was going to delete this because it sounds trite but within an hour of logging on people are arguing with me—it seems in earnest—that bari Weiss is about to turn the American electorate into a permanent zombie conservative bloc.

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Church of Civic Duty @alexflexnelson.bsky.social · 5d

“Has cancel culture gone too far?” Worked at the end of the largest civil unrests eras of the 20th century paired with a level of public restriction no one alive had really ever experienced.

It doesn’t mean vizier Weiss can make middle aged Americans more conservative than they naturally become.

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Church of Civic Duty @alexflexnelson.bsky.social · 5d

“Has cancel culture gone too far?” Worked at the end of the largest civil unrests eras of the 20th century paired with a level of public restriction no one alive had really ever experienced.

It doesn’t mean vizier Weiss can make middle aged Americans more conservative than they naturally become.

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