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28. Modern right-wing propaganda is a stupid game, a form of calvinball, if you will.
Tue May 26, 2026, 01:20 PM
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Calvinball being the game from the Calvin & Hobbes comic strip wherein rules are basically made up as you go.

The modern right-wing propaganda game is simply that the loyal masses have agreed to parrot back the party line with zero critical thinking, and they insist that they win the argument simply by refusing to ever admit that they're wrong. That's the sum total of all debating logic to them.

An earlier form if this was when wrestling (wwe) fans insisted it was real (not staged, scripted, etc) despite obvious evidence such as elite "competitors" turning their backs to their opponents to preen at the crowd, allowing the opponent to get in a "surprise" attack. The game was simply to refuse to agree that it was anything other than an honest competition.

Not an ounce of integrity or merit to their views or positions if they're basically just gaslighting everything.

I could list reasons why Harris (or just about anyone, really) would have been far better, but it's a waste of breath. They're not interested in actual logic, they just enjoy seeing us pissed and annoyed and angry.

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'Harris would've been worse!' [View all] EnergizedLib Tuesday OP
Exactly!!! niyad Tuesday #1
I haven't encountered this particular argument, yet. Hugin Tuesday #2
I see it on social media and comments sections EnergizedLib Tuesday #3
I guess the lightning hasn't struck quite everywhere... Hugin Tuesday #5
You just can't fix stupid Grim Chieftain Tuesday #4
I've seen that on other sites too SocialDemocrat61 Tuesday #6
It's cope EnergizedLib Tuesday #7
That has to be from a MAGAT, right? mvd Tuesday #8
'Harris would've been worse!' MLWR Tuesday #9
This! calimary Tuesday #20
They can't handle any woman at all ... let alone a woman of color like Kamala Harris FakeNoose Tuesday #10
Exactly popsdenver Tuesday #11
She got more votes FoxNewsSucks Tuesday #24
Joe Biden's odds of winning were not better than Kamala Harris MichMan Tuesday #30
Biden's confusion on stage popsdenver Tuesday #31
AND THIS!!! calimary Tuesday #21
Tunnel vision BeneteauBum Tuesday #12
My response: okay, how so? Please explain exactly how Harris would have been worse, using current events as contrast ms liberty Tuesday #13
Indeed! calimary Tuesday #22
Would you prefer crickets or babbling? Soul_of_Wit Tuesday #26
that's objectively barbtries Tuesday #14
Men in this country are afraid of qualified women - TBF Tuesday #15
So true and very sad Tree Lady Tuesday #17
Would have been worse relogic Tuesday #16
This is total Bullshit videohead5 Tuesday #18
This is why Democrats need a fifty state solution. Festivito Tuesday #19
"That's the response I would expect..... lastlib Tuesday #23
Truth: DEI would be preferable to appointing incompetent sycophants Soul_of_Wit Tuesday #25
They believe any woman would've been worse. They can't stand the idea of a woman as commander-in-chief. It's that simple Walleye Tuesday #27
Modern right-wing propaganda is a stupid game, a form of calvinball, if you will. unblock Tuesday #28
Open Borders! Murderers! Rapists! Inflation! Iran Bomb! Etc. ColoringFool Tuesday #29
2024 is the most obvious case of "we made the wrong choice in the general election" biocube Tuesday #32
that is how they try to let themselves off the hook Skittles Wednesday #33
I don't believe all those who would say this do so because she's black. Morbius Wednesday #34
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