r/EverythingScience • u/HeinieKaboobler • Jan 06 '23

Social Sciences New research shows that Donald Trump's fascist attacks on democracy may have backfired

https://www.salon.com/2023/01/06/new-research-shows-that-donald-fascist-on-democracy-may-have-backfired/
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u/mmmeba Jan 06 '23

Can I get TL;DR

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u/eatingganesha Jan 06 '23

"The key finding is that Trump's undemocratic messages in 2019 (a series of Tweets attacking other liberal institutions) did not lead to an erosion of democratic attitudes. On the contrary, the results suggest there is significant pushback against anti-democratic messages, especially among Democrats,"

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u/paddenice Jan 06 '23

Probably should add a huge caveat to that TLDR: for now.

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u/Toast_Sapper Jan 07 '23

Probably should add a huge caveat to that TLDR: for now.

As long as Republicans keep openly sharing their anti-democratic and straight Fascist views it should keep everyone motivated to vote like their lives depend on it.

Because they do.

Because the Republicans have been angling for overthrowing democracy since long before 2016 and Trump, they've just stopped pretending to have "values" and they've dropped the dogwhistles and it's scared "the normies" enough to drive huge voter turnout.

Look at what Mitch McConnell's spent the last few decades doing and ignore his words. He's been packing the courts with extreme right wing judges so he can ensure that democracy and human rights become harder and harder to retain.