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Jordan Orlando's avatar

“Fascist” is approaching the level of “racist” in the competition of words that, when spoken, convey “stop listening to me immediately” This is an artifact of political discourse, not language itself — but it’s increasingly hard to solve.

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Maybe it moves the needle, the generals saying this guy is bad news. A little, where it counts, in rural PA and so forth. The military is an institution conservatives respect. The court cases might be political, Cheney might be a traitor -- but discount two generals? Of course, the problem at the root of everything is that his voters might barely hear the information, locked as they are inside the Fox bubble.

And while Harris is closing with Let's Save Democracy -- certainly less fun than They're So Weird -- Trump is closing with The Trans Menace. Difficult to imagine "Please, think of the children's dicks" will drive a red wave -- but then my whole life has been in Los Angeles and NYC, so what do I know about the bees in the bonnets of Altoona and Sheboygan. Maybe it's gold.

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