"None of these conservatives care if you call them weird. But they're terrified of losing the thin veneer of gravitas they've wrapped their batshit wacky opinions in. If they lose that "important person thinking important thoughts" designation, it doesn't matter if far-right billionaires throw a million dollars their way or 50 million, they've lost their ability to influence public opinion. They become has-beens."
'Weird' isn't the point. 'Weird' is the path
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/7/31/2259541/-Weird-isn-t-the-point-Weird-is-the-path
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