Jarhyn
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They all know it wasn't stolen. They all know that it's really them stealing it. I'm not sure how many are aware directly of the knowledge, but every time there's this "tone" in the message when you hear it out loud.It shouldn't be at all surprising, really. The right embraces ignorance as a matter of course. Bringing it back to Trump and January 6th, the hearings have shown us that people all up the GOP food chain knew there was no "widespread voter fraud," but they stuck with the narrative to the point of political violence. It is difficult to come to any conclusion other than that they consider their "base" to be gullible rubes.After controlling for other demographic factors, people voting D are, on average, better educated and better informed than people voting R. You really didn't know that?The tragedy is that those on the left actually believe that.The tragedy is that across the political spectrum, as one looks from left to right the likelihood of a person learning from books diminishes radically. The people who most need to learn, end up learning only whose statue was cancelled by lib’ruls, and never a whisper about why reaches their ears.
Here in AZ, the outgoing governor is on the outs with Trump because he certified the election results despite Trump calling him literally while he was signing the papers. The GOP front-runner has her photo side by side with Trump on her campaign signs, and insists that the election was "stolen." I'm not certain, but I'd be willing to bet that she's well aware that the election was not stolen at all. Like Trump, I've got just a couple degrees of separation from Kari Lake. I knew her former TV co-host and his wife, and other people who worked at the local Fox affiliate. She is not stupid. She's running a grift.
It's this kind of snide indignance when they say it as if it is a matter of indisputable fact, like they read it from somewhere else and the words didn't come from them.
I don't think I've ever really heard the kind of anger and fire that a real belief in such carries.