We Need To Speak Honestly About The GOP's Evolution Into A Conspiracy Cult

[eagle7-31]

One of the challenges in analyzing modern American politics is accurately describing the Republican Party without seeming unserious and hyperbolic. Unfortunately, the modern Republican Party’s abdication of seriousness, good faith and reality-based communications or policy-making has stretched even the most open-minded analyst’s capacity for forced balance. But there comes a tipping point at which it becomes too dangerous to keep up the pretense. Most people left of center would argue (rightly, I believe) that we hit that point long, long ago and the time to re-evaluate journalistic norms and practices should have been decades earlier when the GOP was busy covering up the Iran Contra scandal and promoting the Laffer Curve as serious public policy.

We Need to Speak Honestly About the GOP's Evolution Into a Conspiracy Cult | Washington Monthly

It's not biased or unprofessional to accurately describe what is happening.

washingtonmonthly.com

A conversation that is owed to those that fought to preserve the norm.

Your lib mouthpiece appears to be pissed that trump voters do not see him and his fellow libs in the news media as credible sources of information

and in that is correct

I dont respect journalists anymore or believe what they tell us

And that’s why the GOP has become a conspiracy cult. They don’t trust outside information.

Translation, they don't trust liars like the poster I quote.

Nope. They just don’t trust anything they don’t want to believe.

Sounds more like your side of the political fence.

 

[two_iron]

And that’s why the GOP has become a conspiracy cult. They don’t trust outside information.

And this from someone who probably believes the trump-russia collusion hoax

Ha! Not really. I’m glad it was investigated. The investigation showed a lot of shady behavior. Ultimately proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Russia was helping Trump get elected but y’all still can’t bring yourselves to admit it.

They had you at pissing hookers..... hmm?

 

[colfax_m]

And that’s why the GOP has become a conspiracy cult. They don’t trust outside information.

And this from someone who probably believes the trump-russia collusion hoax

Ha! Not really. I’m glad it was investigated. The investigation showed a lot of shady behavior. Ultimately proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Russia was helping Trump get elected but y’all still can’t bring yourselves to admit it.

Talk about seeing only what you want to see

thats totally delusional

I see the official results of an extensive and fair investigation into the meddling in the election backed up by the official results similar investigations from our intelligence communities and Congressional panels.

That’s being delusional?

 

[colfax_m]

One of the challenges in analyzing modern American politics is accurately describing the Republican Party without seeming unserious and hyperbolic. Unfortunately, the modern Republican Party’s abdication of seriousness, good faith and reality-based communications or policy-making has stretched even the most open-minded analyst’s capacity for forced balance. But there comes a tipping point at which it becomes too dangerous to keep up the pretense. Most people left of center would argue (rightly, I believe) that we hit that point long, long ago and the time to re-evaluate journalistic norms and practices should have been decades earlier when the GOP was busy covering up the Iran Contra scandal and promoting the Laffer Curve as serious public policy.

We Need to Speak Honestly About the GOP's Evolution Into a Conspiracy Cult | Washington Monthly

It's not biased or unprofessional to accurately describe what is happening.

washingtonmonthly.com

A conversation that is owed to those that fought to preserve the norm.

Your lib mouthpiece appears to be pissed that trump voters do not see him and his fellow libs in the news media as credible sources of information

and in that is correct

I dont respect journalists anymore or believe what they tell us

And that’s why the GOP has become a conspiracy cult. They don’t trust outside information.

Translation, they don't trust liars like the poster I quote.

Nope. They just don’t trust anything they don’t want to believe.

Sounds more like your side of the political fence.

Some for sure. But Trump is the leader of your party and spent years as a birther so y’all win this contest. It isn’t even close.

More than 40% of Republicans in a new poll say they think Bill Gates wants to use COVID-19 vaccines to implant location-tracking microchips in recipients

Bill Gates has become the target of online conspiracy theorists and conservative pundits over his coronavirus vaccination efforts.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[Crepitus]

ROFLOL! The Democratic Party dragged the country through the mud for 2 years while trying to peddle their bogus Trump-Russian-collusion conspiracy theory. You can't get a much bigger, wilder conspiracy theory than to claim that the GOP nominee conspired with the Russians and that that nominee has been doing the Russians' bidding after getting elected!

All of you nut-bars saying "Russian conspiracy theory" are an excellent demonstration of the issue being discussed in the OP.

I'm a world where conservatives bothered to educate themselves rather than just swallow the trips their "media" force feeds them tRump would be in prison pending trial.

The Russian connection is not a conspiracy theory, it's a well documented fact that you just chose not to believe.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

One of the challenges in analyzing modern American politics is accurately describing the Republican Party without seeming unserious and hyperbolic. Unfortunately, the modern Republican Party’s abdication of seriousness, good faith and reality-based communications or policy-making has stretched even the most open-minded analyst’s capacity for forced balance. But there comes a tipping point at which it becomes too dangerous to keep up the pretense. Most people left of center would argue (rightly, I believe) that we hit that point long, long ago and the time to re-evaluate journalistic norms and practices should have been decades earlier when the GOP was busy covering up the Iran Contra scandal and promoting the Laffer Curve as serious public policy.

We Need to Speak Honestly About the GOP's Evolution Into a Conspiracy Cult | Washington Monthly

It's not biased or unprofessional to accurately describe what is happening.

washingtonmonthly.com

A conversation that is owed to those that fought to preserve the norm.

like the Bush was AWOL conspiracy?

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

I'm old enough to remember when the GOP was a respectable political party. I even campaigned once for a GOP candidate. My parents supported the elder Bush. Now it is nothing but a cult full of freaks, biker scum and religious nutjobs.

Republicans abandoned sound, responsible governance when they embraced the social right, religious extremists, and racists/bigots brought into the GOP by the Southern Strategy.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

One of the challenges in analyzing modern American politics is accurately describing the Republican Party without seeming unserious and hyperbolic. Unfortunately, the modern Republican Party’s abdication of seriousness, good faith and reality-based communications or policy-making has stretched even the most open-minded analyst’s capacity for forced balance. But there comes a tipping point at which it becomes too dangerous to keep up the pretense. Most people left of center would argue (rightly, I believe) that we hit that point long, long ago and the time to re-evaluate journalistic norms and practices should have been decades earlier when the GOP was busy covering up the Iran Contra scandal and promoting the Laffer Curve as serious public policy.

We Need to Speak Honestly About the GOP's Evolution Into a Conspiracy Cult | Washington Monthly

It's not biased or unprofessional to accurately describe what is happening.

washingtonmonthly.com

A conversation that is owed to those that fought to preserve the norm.

like the Kavanaugh rape conspiracy?

 

[colfax_m]

And that’s why the GOP has become a conspiracy cult. They don’t trust outside information.

And this from someone who probably believes the trump-russia collusion hoax

Ha! Not really. I’m glad it was investigated. The investigation showed a lot of shady behavior. Ultimately proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Russia was helping Trump get elected but y’all still can’t bring yourselves to admit it.

They had you at pissing hookers..... hmm?

You remember how they had the Steele dossier and never used it in the election? They didn’t use it because no one was going to believe the golden showers bit.

Now if the roles were reversed, y’all would have made this front page news. Hell, there’s people running around claiming Clinton has a squad of hit-men.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

One of the challenges in analyzing modern American politics is accurately describing the Republican Party without seeming unserious and hyperbolic. Unfortunately, the modern Republican Party’s abdication of seriousness, good faith and reality-based communications or policy-making has stretched even the most open-minded analyst’s capacity for forced balance. But there comes a tipping point at which it becomes too dangerous to keep up the pretense. Most people left of center would argue (rightly, I believe) that we hit that point long, long ago and the time to re-evaluate journalistic norms and practices should have been decades earlier when the GOP was busy covering up the Iran Contra scandal and promoting the Laffer Curve as serious public policy.

We Need to Speak Honestly About the GOP's Evolution Into a Conspiracy Cult | Washington Monthly

It's not biased or unprofessional to accurately describe what is happening.

washingtonmonthly.com

A conversation that is owed to those that fought to preserve the norm.

like the Trump corona virus conspiracy?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

One of the challenges in analyzing modern American politics is accurately describing the Republican Party without seeming unserious and hyperbolic. Unfortunately, the modern Republican Party’s abdication of seriousness, good faith and reality-based communications or policy-making has stretched even the most open-minded analyst’s capacity for forced balance. But there comes a tipping point at which it becomes too dangerous to keep up the pretense. Most people left of center would argue (rightly, I believe) that we hit that point long, long ago and the time to re-evaluate journalistic norms and practices should have been decades earlier when the GOP was busy covering up the Iran Contra scandal and promoting the Laffer Curve as serious public policy.

We Need to Speak Honestly About the GOP's Evolution Into a Conspiracy Cult | Washington Monthly

It's not biased or unprofessional to accurately describe what is happening.

washingtonmonthly.com

A conversation that is owed to those that fought to preserve the norm.

Obama spied on the incoming Administration. Were the Parties reversed and Bush spied on Born in Kenya Barack, I have no doubt all the top Bush people would have been given the death penalty

 

[Mac-7]

And that’s why the GOP has become a conspiracy cult. They don’t trust outside information.

And this from someone who probably believes the trump-russia collusion hoax

Ha! Not really. I’m glad it was investigated. The investigation showed a lot of shady behavior. Ultimately proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Russia was helping Trump get elected but y’all still can’t bring yourselves to admit it.

Talk about seeing only what you want to see

thats totally delusional

I see the official results of an extensive and fair investigation into the meddling in the election backed up by the official results similar investigations from our intelligence communities and Congressional panels.

That’s being delusional?

I dont consider a Deep State witchhunt an “extensive and fair” investigation

 

[miketx]

One of the challenges in analyzing modern American politics is accurately describing the Republican Party without seeming unserious and hyperbolic. Unfortunately, the modern Republican Party’s abdication of seriousness, good faith and reality-based communications or policy-making has stretched even the most open-minded analyst’s capacity for forced balance. But there comes a tipping point at which it becomes too dangerous to keep up the pretense. Most people left of center would argue (rightly, I believe) that we hit that point long, long ago and the time to re-evaluate journalistic norms and practices should have been decades earlier when the GOP was busy covering up the Iran Contra scandal and promoting the Laffer Curve as serious public policy.

We Need to Speak Honestly About the GOP's Evolution Into a Conspiracy Cult | Washington Monthly

It's not biased or unprofessional to accurately describe what is happening.

washingtonmonthly.com

A conversation that is owed to those that fought to preserve the norm.

Your lib mouthpiece appears to be pissed that trump voters do not see him and his fellow libs in the news media as credible sources of information

and in that is correct

I dont respect journalists anymore or believe what they tell us

And that’s why the GOP has become a conspiracy cult. They don’t trust outside information.

Translation, they don't trust liars like the poster I quote.

Nope. They just don’t trust anything they don’t want to believe.

Sounds more like your side of the political fence.

Some for sure. But Trump is the leader of your party and spent years as a birther so y’all win this contest. It isn’t even close.

More than 40% of Republicans in a new poll say they think Bill Gates wants to use COVID-19 vaccines to implant location-tracking microchips in recipients

Bill Gates has become the target of online conspiracy theorists and conservative pundits over his coronavirus vaccination efforts.

www.businessinsider.com

Fake news, liar. You don't know what Trump has done only what you criminal media blows up your ass.

 

[miketx]

One of the challenges in analyzing modern American politics is accurately describing the Republican Party without seeming unserious and hyperbolic. Unfortunately, the modern Republican Party’s abdication of seriousness, good faith and reality-based communications or policy-making has stretched even the most open-minded analyst’s capacity for forced balance. But there comes a tipping point at which it becomes too dangerous to keep up the pretense. Most people left of center would argue (rightly, I believe) that we hit that point long, long ago and the time to re-evaluate journalistic norms and practices should have been decades earlier when the GOP was busy covering up the Iran Contra scandal and promoting the Laffer Curve as serious public policy.

We Need to Speak Honestly About the GOP's Evolution Into a Conspiracy Cult | Washington Monthly

It's not biased or unprofessional to accurately describe what is happening.

washingtonmonthly.com

A conversation that is owed to those that fought to preserve the norm.

Your lib mouthpiece appears to be pissed that trump voters do not see him and his fellow libs in the news media as credible sources of information

and in that is correct

I dont respect journalists anymore or believe what they tell us

And that’s why the GOP has become a conspiracy cult. They don’t trust outside information.

Translation, they don't trust liars like the poster I quote.

Nope. They just don’t trust anything they don’t want to believe.

Stop lying rapist.

 

[whitehall]

Speak honestly? Surely you jest. After democrats spent millions and three years chasing a fake "collusion" conspiracy the TDS crowd accuses republicans?

 

[bigrebnc1775]

One of the challenges in analyzing modern American politics is accurately describing the Republican Party without seeming unserious and hyperbolic. Unfortunately, the modern Republican Party’s abdication of seriousness, good faith and reality-based communications or policy-making has stretched even the most open-minded analyst’s capacity for forced balance. But there comes a tipping point at which it becomes too dangerous to keep up the pretense. Most people left of center would argue (rightly, I believe) that we hit that point long, long ago and the time to re-evaluate journalistic norms and practices should have been decades earlier when the GOP was busy covering up the Iran Contra scandal and promoting the Laffer Curve as serious public policy.

We Need to Speak Honestly About the GOP's Evolution Into a Conspiracy Cult | Washington Monthly

It's not biased or unprofessional to accurately describe what is happening.

washingtonmonthly.com

A conversation that is owed to those that fought to preserve the norm.

Here are true conspiracies
Russia Russia Russia
Trump Russia Collusion
The Steele Dossier
The Phone call
And here the king of all conspiracies
The Schiff Sham

 

[JLW]

One of the challenges in analyzing modern American politics is accurately describing the Republican Party without seeming unserious and hyperbolic. Unfortunately, the modern Republican Party’s abdication of seriousness, good faith and reality-based communications or policy-making has stretched even the most open-minded analyst’s capacity for forced balance. But there comes a tipping point at which it becomes too dangerous to keep up the pretense. Most people left of center would argue (rightly, I believe) that we hit that point long, long ago and the time to re-evaluate journalistic norms and practices should have been decades earlier when the GOP was busy covering up the Iran Contra scandal and promoting the Laffer Curve as serious public policy.

We Need to Speak Honestly About the GOP's Evolution Into a Conspiracy Cult | Washington Monthly

It's not biased or unprofessional to accurately describe what is happening.

washingtonmonthly.com

A conversation that is owed to those that fought to preserve the norm.

This is true. The Republicans just nominated a Q-Anon supporter for Senate in Oregon. It is conservatives that find conspiracies everywhere. Hell, even Roger Ailes knew that when he founded Fox News. Republicans are prone to conspiracies. It is no secret that are Conservatives are prone to conspiracy theories. It is in their DNA.

Why conspiracy theories flourish on the right

New research identifies the sorts of people attracted to conspiracies. They sound familiar.

www.vox.com

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

And once again we see in this very thread those on the dishonest right doing what they always do: responding with idiotic red herring fallacies about a Russian ‘conspiracy theory’ along with ridiculous attempts to deflect from the topic because they know they have no valid argument to respond with, because they know the thread premise is correct.

 

[JLW]

One of the challenges in analyzing modern American politics is accurately describing the Republican Party without seeming unserious and hyperbolic. Unfortunately, the modern Republican Party’s abdication of seriousness, good faith and reality-based communications or policy-making has stretched even the most open-minded analyst’s capacity for forced balance. But there comes a tipping point at which it becomes too dangerous to keep up the pretense. Most people left of center would argue (rightly, I believe) that we hit that point long, long ago and the time to re-evaluate journalistic norms and practices should have been decades earlier when the GOP was busy covering up the Iran Contra scandal and promoting the Laffer Curve as serious public policy.

We Need to Speak Honestly About the GOP's Evolution Into a Conspiracy Cult | Washington Monthly

It's not biased or unprofessional to accurately describe what is happening.

washingtonmonthly.com

A conversation that is owed to those that fought to preserve the norm.

Here are true conspiracies
Russia Russia Russia
Trump Russia Collusion
The Steele Dossier
The Phone call
And here the king of all conspiracies
The Schiff Sham

This is the RW post that proves the OPs point.

 

[JLW]

And once again we see in this very thread those on the dishonest right doing what they always do: responding with idiotic red herring fallacies about a Russian ‘conspiracy theory’ along with ridiculous attempts to deflect from the topic because they know they have no valid argument to respond with, because they know the thread premise is correct.

Exactly. The right has made conspiracy theories so much a basis of their ideology they are unable to tell the truth from fiction.