President Trump strongly criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after a tense argument in the Oval Office on Friday. Trump accused Zelensky of showing disrespect toward the United States…
Even /r/conservative (I couldn’t resist looking) is not cool with this. I’m not saying that Trump is suddenly done for, but this is clearly a major fracture and he needs to do something about it before people start feeling emboldened and challenge him.
Let me be clear: I hope he doesn’t do shit and doubles down.
The exact same thing happened on January 6th. They initially expressed disapproval and dismay, but once the “it was just a riot, bro” narrative caught on all dissent vanished. They’d received their marching orders so they no longer had to face the terrifying prospect of actually having to think for themselves.
/r/conservative will always be a nest of Trump support because its moderators are its absolute kings. But the tighter they squeeze their fingers, the fewer genuine participants will stick around. Eventually that’ll start to actually cause problems.
The more conservative people that I know who aren’t just hard-boiled antichrist enjoyers support both Ukraine and American power projection. In all likelihood, they’re not very happy about this.
Even /r/conservative (I couldn’t resist looking) is not cool with this. I’m not saying that Trump is suddenly done for, but this is clearly a major fracture and he needs to do something about it before people start feeling emboldened and challenge him.
Let me be clear: I hope he doesn’t do shit and doubles down.
See if that fracture holds up on /r/Conservative once the media machine decides what the talking points are
This short video is a perfect illustration of the process.
Synchronization, yup. “Spontaneous”? Absolutely not. Good visualization though.
The exact same thing happened on January 6th. They initially expressed disapproval and dismay, but once the “it was just a riot, bro” narrative caught on all dissent vanished. They’d received their marching orders so they no longer had to face the terrifying prospect of actually having to think for themselves.
I noticed posts critical of trump being removed so i think the mods are actively trying to get a handle of it. i expected nothing less
/r/conservative will always be a nest of Trump support because its moderators are its absolute kings. But the tighter they squeeze their fingers, the fewer genuine participants will stick around. Eventually that’ll start to actually cause problems.
It’s honestly a way quieter sub than it used to be because what you’re describing has been happening IMO
they have russian troll farms in case they need to bring the users back into the fold.
The more conservative people that I know who aren’t just hard-boiled antichrist enjoyers support both Ukraine and American power projection. In all likelihood, they’re not very happy about this.