Wingnuts
- Radical reactionaries who reject the modern world for a "golden age" that never was.
- They endorse authoritarianism, strict hierarchies and cultural conformity.
- To perceived threats to their privileged status, they embrace racism, chauvinism & xenophobia.
- They kowtow to grifting demagogues who empower and enrich themselves while feeding shit to their base.
Grifters and Chumps
DC Press Corpse
Reporters must stop accepting this. Options: -Laughing at him. Long and hard (combine with others) -"It's your job to be informed" -"How can Americans take you seriously when you always claim ignorance?" -"I've never heard a speaker claim ignorance so often" -"Nancy Pelosi knew what was happening"
— Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS (@dimitridrekonja.bsky.social) October 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Do Your Job.
The “daddy” dynamic captures both the infantilization involved—looking for a strong father figure to protect them from scary changes in the world—and the way authoritarian movements depend on personal loyalty rather than institutional consistency. Daddy doesn’t need to deliver results; he just needs to make the right enemies suffer. And if he happens to embarrass America on the world stage, collaborate with adversaries, or betray fundamental values—well, that’s just daddy being daddy.
