I know he is on the other team, politically speaking, but listening to Republicans talk you would think he is the anti Christ. What has Biden done to make the Republicans hate him more than any other Democrat?
Conservativism has evolved over the last 40 years, but at its core, it has remained consistent in having precisely one priority: the self. Conservatives define the self, and conversely the other, and then determine which policies and priorities benefit the self. The other is anything that stands in opposition to the promotion of the self.
There is no foundational ideology and no inherent identity of the self. It is simply whoever the conservative wants to include on their team.
Viewed through this lens, every decision or statement made by conservatives is entirely rational. There is no requirement to remain internally consistent views. The only consideration for a conservative is “does this benefit me right now?”
Demonizing Biden is best for conservatives because hate is a powerful motivator for voters. Their base does not need reasons to hate the other, regardless of their choices or beliefs.
There is no hypocrisy in conservativism because there is no objective standard or ideology beyond protecting and promoting the self, and the self is whatever conservatives decide exists within the self. The self is good, and the other is bad. Everything else is negotiable.
To someone who is not conservative, this looks like hypocrisy. See: The only Moral Abortion is My Abortion, or The Card Says Moops, or Gun Control for Black Panthers, or My Daughter is a LGBTQ+ so now LGBTQ+ are People, or It isn’t “Drag” when I do it, or But my state deserves FEMA Funding, or Regulate this industry because it is a threat to me, or My sex scandal is a private matter so please respect my privacy, or Election fraud exists and I’ll prove it, or I’m a job creator so please bail me out, or just take literally any conservative talking point and you will find conservatives who are suddenly the exception to their own rule.
That’s the feature of conservativism that is so appealing. It’s like having a personal God that will forgive any transgression as long as you believe and pray for forgiveness. Being part of the self is like a warm blanket, and as long as you agree to maintain the farce, you get to stay under its protection.
This isn’t new information. Conservatives have always existed, under different banners and with different definitions of the self. Trump has laid bare the grift, abusing it past the point of credibility. That’s his hold, that to oust Trump is to abandon the ruse, and conservatives can’t do that. That’s why they will try very hard to make him a member of the Other. They will claim they were duped, that he was a secret Democrat, that he was never one of them. But he was always one of them, even when he was a Democrat.
There’s a great quote out on the Internet about how conservatism has one rule: “there are outgroups the law must bind but not protect, and in groups the law must protect but not bind”.
Same ideas as what you were saying.
Another way of looking at it is that conservatives are assholes.
I think the important points from both are salient here. Everything in that quote is true, but it’s important to include that the groups, both in and out, are nebulous and subject to change because they must always exist even as dynamics change.
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They think their beloved fascist utopia is in reach, and it infuriates them that some old guy is (in their rotted minds) the one obstacle to it coming to fruition.
Well their Christ is the Donald and the anti Christ is Biden.
Because a preacher told them so, a preacher who legally isn’t supposed to be talking about politics
Preachers are allowed to talk about politics: MLK Jr did it all the time. They just can’t have the IRS subsidize that conversation.
Their Christ is Donald so their anti-christ is everyone on the other team with the other team being defined as Donald wishes.
Nothing else. He’s legislatively addressed everything they whine about: immigration, fixing American problems first, standing up to China, lowering unemployment rate, more American jobs, increase in GDP.
Republicans don’t want what they say they want, they just want to rhrow tantrums.
same with obama, same with clinton, and honestly im not old enough to be sure how they treated carter.
They’re like that with every Democrat. Frankly we’re like that with every Republican president too.
I feel like there’s more legitimate grievances against Republicans, but I am a Democrat
