Yes, of course they’re serious

2012? Bring back 1220, bro!

If you follow The Daily Wire, you may know this guy. I don’t, but David Simon of The Wire does.

This clown below would like to see western civilization return to the customs and mores of 1220. Because only RINOs want to return to the 1950s. Only fauxnies like Grover Norquist (he married a Muslim!) want to return to the McKinley era. Real men, ball-tanning men, men who embody manly virtues (Tucker Carlson? Josh Hawley?) want to “get medieval on your ass,” America.

Yup. The Enlightenment ruined everything if you were white, male, straight, Christian and kissed the ass of whichever nobleman was going to win whatever war was ongoing to determine who rules you absolutely by divine right. Also, the Black Death willing, you might live past 30. https://t.co/BDznZ1HhxT

— David Simon (@AoDespair) June 16, 2023

So much of the reactionary right is fueled by performative, over-the-top, in-your-face rejection of what the rest of us in Well-Adjusted America™ consider normal. MAGAs and incels tune in to shows like this for the rhetorical equivalent of WWE, monster trucks, and nitro-powered funny cars. Anything to get a rise (pun intended).

The problem is, as with professional wrestling and Trump rallies, some of the fans take the kayfabe seriously.