by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
Literally everything that is flung off of the bullshit generator of the Right Wing echo chamber is in bad faith. Some of this bullshit, especially what’s generated on social media is done in bad faith because Republicans are trying to make the best of a bad situation. People like Ted Cruz know that anything — anything — they say on social media is going to be attacked, so they say bullshit they don’t believe and sit back and watch this bullshit amplified by outraged liberals.
And, often there comes a point where the liberal parody reaction to Right Wing bullshit becomes equal to the literal things that Republicans believe. Which, in turn, reinforces the bullshit to the faithful who only catch the media uproar, not the actual bullshit itself.
There is no easy answer to this. It’s difficult to just ignore the Right Wing bullshit, so it’s a trap with no easy way to avoid being caught with in it. Besides, I’m not writing for VOX.
I have no idea what the solution for this particular problem is.
But I would keep it in the back of your mind going forward.
