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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Not sure why you styled this post as a response to Perlstein's article, since you are talking about something else entirely.
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I was replying to the quote, which doesn’t capture the multiple points of the whole article.
The article’s best insight is the “by any means necessary” ethos of modern “conservatism.” I’ve asked right wing family members why they circulate false information. They admit it is because they see preserving the country as they think it should be is more important than truth.
While I think both conservatives and progressives engage in lies about policy and goals dressed up in ideological terms and dubious economic arguments, as I noted, the trafficking in outright fantasy is an almost exclusively right wing “conservative” behavior.
Perlstein never comes right out and says it so bluntly, so I will here: “Lying is the right wing’s gang initiation.”
