I thought for sure you were going with, "I'm Abraham Lincoln and... my father touched my butthole. That's why I'm on your penny!"
Something does appear to be shifting. Even if it's just 10 or 15% of them, that's a game-changer.
I mean... I imagine part of the reason the grift is moving to 'omg, look at the bad things dear leader is doing?! ~CLUTCHES PEARLS SO HARD~' is specifically because they're losing their audience. Fewer and fewer people are taking any individual conservative mouthpiece seriously. People like Ben Shapiro and his creepy sister have had to change gears for their content because staying on politics all the time was putting their views in the toilet.
The cycle of changing their tune has been going on our entire adult lives, but we just haven't had quite so much of a cult environment before. I can't even remember any of their names, but back in the day when talk radio used to actually be a thing people listened to, we'd see these talking heads swing and sway on their opinions to keep their audience engaged and angry in ways that actually now feel quaint compared to what we see now.
I would say that tracks with standard conservative mindsets: It can NEVER be their fault. Ever. Not the precious perpetual victims. So either they were tricked - but that makes them dumb and they hate being called dumb by the 'coastal elites,' or something changed. It's way easier (and I want to clarify I think they mostly do this subconsciously) to just believe they voted correctly, but then Trump -became- a bad person. That allows them to remain fully free of feeling like anything that happens is their fault. You see, they did the RIGHT thing, but were betrayed. So once again... the perpetual victims.
There's also an interesting bit of psychology there. It never occurs to Cernovich that a party would, or should, police from within. They rely on the notion that the thing which stops corruption is the other side winning and taking away your power.
Aww, that's nice to hear. I hate that little turd and I'm glad he has to scrabble. I hope it gets worse for him.
Weird to feel almost nostalgic for Rush Limbaugh. Almost being the operative word.
They're also high on their own supply. They believe Republican policies are popular. They thought their 0.5% popular vote win was a national mandate. They thought the American people were ready to string up blue-haired baristas in the streets and create a white ethnostate. Turns out, Trump isn't immune to the pendulous backlash that Biden faced.
