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If any followers wonder why I am preachy about "The Great Forgetting" the member of the GOP are pushing.
1) Let's face it a lot of Repubs wanted to ride Trumpism, use it for their own political gain.
2) Now that Trumpism is associated with "The Great Lie" about stolen
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1) Let's face it a lot of Repubs wanted to ride Trumpism, use it for their own political gain.
2) Now that Trumpism is associated with "The Great Lie" about stolen
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elections & the insurrection of 1/6/21 those members of the GOP want to distance themselves AT LEAST SHORT TERM.
3) Many still see the Trump base as a political power center that can be tapped by a cagey politician.
4) They want the headlines to stop they really don't want
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3) Many still see the Trump base as a political power center that can be tapped by a cagey politician.
4) They want the headlines to stop they really don't want
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Trumpism up-rooted and tossed on the trash heap of American history.
5) The Great Forgetting is for the masses, they still want to keep the Trump base together.
And that is playing w/ fire (again).
I suggest they Google and read on "The Stab-in-the-back" myth of post WWI
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5) The Great Forgetting is for the masses, they still want to keep the Trump base together.
And that is playing w/ fire (again).
I suggest they Google and read on "The Stab-in-the-back" myth of post WWI
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A start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stab-in-the-back_myth
The myth born out of the effectiveness of WWI propaganda and anger over the Treaty of Versailles fueled the rise of the Nazis.
In fact if we go back farther in time we can look closer to home & Americas own Lost Cause Myth.
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The myth born out of the effectiveness of WWI propaganda and anger over the Treaty of Versailles fueled the rise of the Nazis.
In fact if we go back farther in time we can look closer to home & Americas own Lost Cause Myth.
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https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/01/21/trump-civil-war-reconstruction-biden-lost-cause-461161
We (America) do NOT need Witch Hunts, but we DO NEED sunlight and we do not need any spin doctored cries for Unity w/out also flushing out the wound.
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We (America) do NOT need Witch Hunts, but we DO NEED sunlight and we do not need any spin doctored cries for Unity w/out also flushing out the wound.
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And yes that flushing out the wound could/should END the political careers of a few GOP politicians.
Not sorry, we have to change the accounting these ambitious men & women are making when they sacrifice the truth for support of the mob.
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Not sorry, we have to change the accounting these ambitious men & women are making when they sacrifice the truth for support of the mob.
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