Some Sunday head-scratching.
The right has banished cognitive dissonance without medication.
They’ve reduced being citizens to symbols and slogans emptied of meaning.
“When you build a political movement whose emotional core is transgression and cruelty, ultimately no one is safe from that kind of treatment,” said Chris Hayes on “All In.” “The appeal is the transgressive thrill of being a jerk.”
No medical or “breathing your own CO2” excuses when it comes to these masks.
“We’ve normalized Chekov’s gun—the one in the 1st act—& we continue as if the next act isn’t coming,” writes Jeff Sharlet.
Does anything American remain about the right beneath the trappings?