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Chris Bowman's avatar

Excellent exploration of Vance’s need to create fear in order to maintain control of conservative masses.

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sramsay's avatar

I cringe every time jdvance opens his whiny, lying mouth.

what an embarrassment to our nation.

trump is mentally ill, old, and unstable, so those are his excuses for his outrageous statements-- jd cannot claim any of that; he is just an opportunistic charlatan who is (for whatever reason; pehaps his extreme pliability) lucky enough to be backed by the broligarchy.

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L P Inness's avatar

It's about pity, sympathy, belonging for the whiny crowd. You essay is exactly on track. And it's used to distract and solidify the easily controlled base of white supremacists that has existed since the founding of our republic. Every few decades the nationality to be feared, exploited, hated, disappeared changes - but there is always an 'other' with these manipulators. LBJ had it right;"“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.” Only now the racial identities have expanded as has the desired results.

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Leslie Goodman-Malamuth's avatar

“Victimcould” was coined by psychologists to embrace MAGA’s need to claim injustice at every turn. After a decade of Trump, millions of native-born white gentiles now insist, like him, on being the victimized main character in every circumstance.

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Charlie Hardy's avatar

Mock and demean make everything so school yard juvenile to avoid reasoning and philosophy which they want to see abandoned and replaced by reflexive insult and violence. They can't stand any cogent argument or discussion. They just want animal id so to normalise bigotry and the destruction of all reasoned argument and for society to be replaced by fascist control as the only framework allowed.

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Cathy 98280's avatar

He’s disgusting. He is the idiot who came up with “eating cats and dogs.” He deserves a special place in hell for that.

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MikeH's avatar

You credit JDV with too much intelligence. Sly, yes, but smart???

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StillJootz's avatar

You know, I'm old enough to remember when Catholic AND Jewish women were also required to cover their heads as a tenet of their faith, and not just at religious services. In fact, there are some very devout Jewish women who continue to this day, some wearing wigs to cover their heads instead of a scarf or hijab to avoid religious/political scrutiny in public. Funny how an "educated, devout Catholic" like JD Vance doesn't know that little fact.

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David G's avatar

MAGA is the new Woke

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Jstn Green's avatar

LMFAO Swiping that one, David. Thanks.

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Jstn Green's avatar

Hey Closer! Do you know the difference between 9/11 and a cow?

They stop milking a cow after a few years.

Someone should tell the right that joke.

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Yvonne McCarthy's avatar

The GOP's favorite chew toy - bwahahahahaha!! JD isn't regular stupid, he's sly. He wants his bread to always land butter side up, no matter who's in charge.

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Omar Zaid's avatar

I wish these guys would get off the fence and grow proper beards

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Joanne Steacie's avatar

Wonderful, nailed it on its head article. You captured what needs to be pointed out and defined truthfully; honestly. Liked what you said about JD Vance. To me he is a joke,; a liar and a cartoon. For him and Trump's whole incompetent bunch it's like too much trouble to think, to govern or to stop spewing hate. I think it's stupid and will work against them. We need tovl see the commonality in being human. Good article.

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Lyn Thomson's avatar

Thank you for this. Those who could learn from it won't read it.

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Rain Robinson's avatar

Vance is a mirror of all people addicted to power - selfish, immature, malignantly narcissistic, and carelessly cruel. You have described a root of unrest in the US. Some people want sameness in appearance, a rigid orthodoxy everyone must follow, and a stifling of free expression for thought police to punish. But we are not a nation where only one skin color, one cultural background, and one belief system, should matter the most. No matter how hard we are pushed to accept bias and prejudice, we will resist.

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Cathy 98280's avatar

I will NEVER understand how Vance’s wife can stand to be with him.

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Patricia Reed's avatar

This is why I'm proud to be a subscriber! Thankful to be able to support this excellent writing.

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