r/LeopardsAteMyFace Jul 16 '24

A Sikh Republican is harassed over giving a prayer at the RNC

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u/MakeChinaLoseFace Jul 17 '24

Good. Let them seethe and rage until they are consumed by self-destructive infighting.

The conservative obsession with racial, religious, and every other form of purity is a weakness that will be their undoing. They can only ever become a more extreme version of themselves, until it becomes unsustainable and their coalition fragments.

Feed different elements of the right wing the right bullshit, and you can turn various groups against each other.

Imagine there was a 5% reduction of evangelical turnout because they think Trump betrayed their values by trying to distance himself from project 2025? Or a 5% reduction in racist turnout because the VP's wife has too much melanin? These people believe stupid things, use it against them.

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u/JeromeBiteman Jul 17 '24

The conservative obsession with racial, religious, and every other form of purity 

Isn't that akin to progressive obsession with intersectionality?

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u/MakeChinaLoseFace Jul 17 '24

They're practically counterpoints to each other.

Once side is seeking the overlap between seemingly dissimilar things, while another is constantly winnowing away what it deems not similar enough.

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u/JeromeBiteman Jul 17 '24

Reasonable retort.