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Nitter mirror: https://xcancel.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1824582380411392493#m
The ad in question: https://youtu.be/dY8uRLSMjrg
Thank goodness for the Lincoln Project! Maybe the bully in chief will eventually come to realize he's not in control here...
They're still classical conservative, so I'm not the biggest fan, but their goal to get rid of Trump is amicable. If their brand of Conservatism was mainstream, we'd be a lot better off too.
I feel about the Lincoln Project how I feel about John McCain. I dislike their positions but I respect their convictions. They really believe their policies are what's best for Americans as people. I disagree with them, but at least the conversation we're having is fundamentally a conversation about what's right and what's wrong and what policies will result in a functioning society. Trump and his ilk meanwhile don't give a shit. The conversation with them is primarily about whether or not it matters that society function
Fuck the Lincoln Project.
What is it?
Group of former republicans who are against trump
The lincoln project is definitely dangerous as hell (they are the fun conservatives and all that entails...) but I am definitely giddy at how much they are clearly breaking the orange piece of shit.
That said... there probably SHOULD be some kind of law against a PAC running a psy op to destroy a single person's mind.
I'm having trouble imagining another politician that would react like this. Even with all of the people he's enabled, and the mindset that's become common, few even have the obsession needed to see these ads. Even fewer will see them frequently enough to react.
The closest man-child I can come up with would be Elon Musk, and even he's (mostly) too busy to obsess over this kind of thing.
It is fun to say this only works because trump is weak. And... there is an argument that most candidates can't be directly spoken to by playing an ad on fox news.
But just ask any youtuber or otherwise popular e-celebrity. When someone makes a hate video about you? That hits hard. I have a LOT of problems with John "TotalBiscuit" Bain's actions and legacy but he hit the nail on the head with (paraphrasing): You might have no body image issues. But then someone says your nose is big. And that is going to stick with you all day.
And the ad that specifically triggered the C&D? That was straight up gaslighting. Not "I don't like you" gaslighting but fucking with someone's head to isolate them and make them think everyone is out to get them. And everyone is susceptible to that. Hell, we as consumers/watchers are susceptible to that.
Again, it is really hard for me to give a shit about anything that is done to a hateful insurrectionist rapist. But this also feels like the kind of thing we need to pass legislature to protect against like... next year.
The part at 0:42 He trying to sign her boobs!? Wtf Take that bit of clip and run it on Fox and wherever else with the caption "man of God?" Spread that on FB, on the off chance it opens the eyes of a few of the radical Christians who think he's God's chosen