The always insightful Amanda Marcotte, writes in Salon.com about the farcical effort of the delusional and incompetent Malignant Fascist and his cult to blame the disastrous re-make of the Reflecting Pool on nonsensical "sabotage" by imaginary box cutter-wielding, algae-loving libs. Here's an excerpt from her great read:
"Do these people believe this silly lie? With MAGA, it’s always hard to distinguish the line between self-serving tales and genuine delusion. Ultimately, it’s irrelevant: What matters more is why right-wingers are burrowing so deeply into this nonsense. Like Trump, they want an excuse to arrest people for laughing at them. It really isn’t deeper than that. Just as Trump is too egotistical to admit he screwed up the iconic Reflecting Pool, his followers cannot stomach admitting liberals were right all along about how stupid it was to vote for him.
The whole debacle is another blunt reminder that fascism is a movement for people who would rather blame everyone or everything else — including diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives; the word “woke;” antifa; Obama; Hillary Clinton and three-time Olympians — for their failures than do the hard work of improving themselves and their country. This is evident in the clown car that is Trump’s Cabinet, which is stuffed full of members like Pete Hegseth and Kash Patel — people who would never succeed on their own terms, but have been able to ride the wave of conservative resentment into positions they’re not qualified for. But it’s also true of the everyday MAGA voters that fall for these politics, and constantly vote against their economic self-interest just to stick it to those smarty-pants liberals with their annoying competence." (our emphasis)
With a cult like MAGA, any lie or delusion supporting their twisted agenda and beliefs will suffice, and their pathological cult leader will eagerly supply them with those lies every hour of every day.
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