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[โ€“] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

At the heart of the "we mustn't be distracted away from the Epstein scandal" crowd is the naive belief that we have simply yet to find the perfect argument that, when shown to the frothing genocidal fascists, will somehow magically turn them 180 degrees and renounce american fascism.

I see it exactly the opposite. The focus on the Epstein files feels much more like an admission that they won't listen to rational, logical arguments, and replacing those efforts with rhetorical tactics that do seem to be effective; namely, moralistic outrage.

We've seen that some of his base does respond to the Epstein fishiness. It's driving a wedge between subsets of his base, and I personally know several former MAGAs that have really soured on Trump over it.

[โ€“] F_State@midwest.social 1 points 19 hours ago

This cuts at the heart of being a Leftist. Deep inside, we're all secretly convinced that if we can just craft the perfect factually correct well researched well spoken argument, that people will flock to our cause. It just aint true. We can convince some people in that manor but not the majority.