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This is what I come back to. The right's crazy was in check somewhat beforehand, but when Obama won it went off the cliff.
Remember when Bush was, what we thought, the lowest we could go? Dude is loveable by current standards.
I shudder to think what the repug party will manifest after donnie. It should be obvious that donnie did not make the repug party any different; they were always bad and on a trajectory of getting worse. People like Newt and Rush accelerated that for sure, along with platforms like hatriot radio and Faux "News".
I doubt they'll course correct after mainlining someone like donnie for years, they will be chasing that dragon ever after and will never settle for methadone like ronnie raygun or Bush Sr/Jr or Romney or McCain...I imagine at some point donnie himself will be declared "woke" or a "RINO", especially when I see him claiming he won't vote for a federal ban on abortion.
I just think they have a better megaphone now, and the liberal (lol) Big Tech seemingly has algorithms that prioritize engagement - and the crazy shit tends to get people angry and therefore, more engaged in, let's be honest, rehashes of John Birch Society and Protocols of the Elders of Zion levels of horse manure. Let's face it - there is very little new that's under the sun, it just gets new packaging.
They were crazy over the Clintons in the 90s. Hatriot radio didn't have algorithms though, and neither did USENET/BBSes or the very early web. Going further back, they didn't have Faux news or even BBSes; they had to stand out on a corner and try to hand out bullshit like Jack Chick tracts or Bircher literature. It'd be nice if they had to revert back to that level of spreading their nonsense.
Some went crazy before, but then the crazy took over when Obama won.
I definitely think they were able to be a lot more bold in their dogwhistles. I'd be interested in seeing surveys that had questions that serve as ways to suss out how it waxed and waned over the years...my guess is that their numbers may have actually gone down over the years, but they are more visible/have more influence in relation to their numbers.