I agree with the framing given by Nous. Though it is really tempting--I do it all the time--to write off MAGAs as just bad people, in the long run we need to get as many out of the thrall of the Republican party as possible. The thrall is the thrill of victimhood, as conceived of by Goebbels. That thrill is what fuels the love of cruelty, the support for harm to others, the support for attacks on our elections, and the subversion of our institutions into tools for partisanship. As long as Republican voters wallow in the thrill of victimhood, they will support fascism. Trump will stroke out, but they and the party that exploits them will remain.
So give them a way back. "OO ick, weird people don't deserve your support" leaves the door open to join us not-weird people. They won't suddenly become progressives, but maybe they will stop voting for fascists.
I agree with the framing given by Nous. Though it is really tempting--I do it all the time--to write off MAGAs as just bad people, in the long run we need to get as many out of the thrall of the Republican party as possible. The thrall is the thrill of victimhood, as conceived of by Goebbels. That thrill is what fuels the love of cruelty, the support for harm to others, the support for attacks on our elections, and the subversion of our institutions into tools for partisanship. As long as Republican voters wallow in the thrill of victimhood, they will support fascism. Trump will stroke out, but they and the party that exploits them will remain.
So give them a way back. "OO ick, weird people don't deserve your support" leaves the door open to join us not-weird people. They won't suddenly become progressives, but maybe they will stop voting for fascists.