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[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I generally agree.

That being said... All of the analysis, all of the sound arguments... They've already been made 1000 times.

This is different in the sense that it provides no explanation. Face. Word.

It's not anti republican. It doesn't induce shame in a reader simply for identifying as Republican.

There might be a subset of disillusioned republicans for whom this actually is actually a persuasive approach.

Edit: And I actually applaud whatever nerd realized that all the nerd talk has been had and was brave enough to try something else.

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Frankly, yes. It's refreshing to see "he's a fascist" people actually taking their own argument seriously for once.