625
MAGA influencer Emily Hart unmasked as male medical student from India
(www.the-independent.com)
this post was submitted on 23 Apr 2026
625 points (99.2% liked)
politics
31081 readers
2620 users here now
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles. Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to US politics and contain quality and original content. Social Media adjacent hosts like Substack are allowed, but ONLY if they tie back to a company/subsidiary. No personal or friend group blogs and no self-promotion. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and re-hosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing other users of being bots or paid actors.
- No memes, trolling, misinformation, or low-effort posts/comments (including reposts). If you see posts like this that anger you, do not engage. Report, block, and live a happier life than they do. Any slap-fight is subject to comment removals. Fights full of rule violations will result in temporary bans to cool off.
- No manipulating votes via bots or alt accounts; this will result in permanent bans. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in an account ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be permanently banned.
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules and use critical thinking when reading, posting, and commenting. Users that repeatedly have comments or posts removed, weaponize reports, or violate the code of conduct, will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users. The reason(s) behind moderator action(s) are publicly available through the Modlog.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
It didn't work when he tried it on Democrats. Curious.
I loathe "both sides" false equivalencies, but I have to say: It's not that Democrats are necessarily smarter or better. It's that conservatives actually seek this shit out. They need to be the victim, but they also believe they (and other white males) are the smartest and best. So they are easy prey for scams and false conspiracy theories. They are always seeking to have their bigoted views confirmed, whereas the rest of us largely listen to science and trustworthy sources before making our minds up.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/men-higher-iqs-less-conservative-172223373.html
Nah, anecdotally I'll tell you I've never met an intelligent conservative who wasn't a ruthless self centered psychopath that wasted most of their intelligence probing others for weaknesses and internalizing slights and grudges.
It's like a stochastic cult. People pretending to be like the ones who intimidate them most, pretending to like what they're "supposed" to like.
Studies have consistently shown the further right wing you are the dumber you are on average.
Also in my experience right wing people tend to lack a sense of irony and are more fearful.
Also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Republican_Brain
Also Democrats tend to have a higher proportion of post-high school degrees. While that's not a guarantee of being smart (I went to college with some DUMB people who managed to graduate--all happened to be business degree students with a right-leaning bias, fwiw) it does suggest a higher concentration of people who've engaged with critical thinking.
They also NEED to be validated by someone with higher "social currency." A hot twenty-something blonde is, to them, that very thing. It's also why the right both loathes and craves Hollywood.
I dunno. Racists and bigots are often very dumb.
That also explains why they are so susceptible to fascist propaganda, as in the enemy is both strong and weak.
If you really want to know:
OP linked a summary but you can click thru to the whole article:
He tried with a lot of "flavors"...
It's less a right/left thing, and more hitting a demo with high overlap to disposable income and relationship dissatisfaction or complete lack of.
Like...
What's even the Dem version of this?
Have a generic white girl in a Biden/Kamala hat?
There's already actual ethots that are really progressive, to pull this grift you need a demo that actual women would be very motivated to avoid. Something they'd want to get out to people they know irl even less than the pics themselves.
You sure? From the article:
I’m a total whore, the only thing women need to have is the slightest sliver of affection for me and I’m spreading my wallet like a child spreads nutella on bread
You're cute 😘
👀 nutella when?
Replace women with people and "spreading my wallet" with "Every ounce of social energy I have, partially because my wallet is in a constant state of being empty".