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That stupidity thing is interesting. It seems to be fracturing the right itself, in some cases. Some right-wing outlets are being upstaged by newer, even more ludicrous media, selling crazier and crazier conspiracy theories than the old guard. Fox News used to be the go to place for that. But they’re now too tame, and some of their journalists even have the nerve to question Trump’s endless lies. So you have monstrously stupid, paranoid and hair’s-on-fire sites like Breitbart, Zerohedge and Infowars — which may be the king of the maniacs — making Fox, the National Review, the Weekly Standard, etc. etc. almost “sane” by comparison. And you see a few of the old-school hair’s-on-fire conspiracists, like Glenn Beck, saying, “Wait a second, you guys have gone waaay too far.”
I saw him interviewed the other night and was shocked to hear him admit that “the uber-right” in Europe was infecting things here. It was amazing to see someone who used to peddle the bullshit about “progressives” causing every evil throughout history actually admit that neo-nazis and neo-fascists in Europe were right-wing. He’s also disgusted by Trump.
Not sure if I’ve ever seen a weirder, more confusing political landscape in America . . . and while Trump is more the symptom than the cause, he appears to be helping the right eat itself. It’s quite likely the only decent thing he’s done in his entire, miserable life.
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