Subj : Re: Cancel Culture
To   : JEFF THIELE
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sat Oct 29 2022 09:59:00

>  MP> > Conservatives would gladly embrace either of these if it meant retainin
>  MP> > power, as was well-demonstrated during and after the Trump presidency.
>  MP> After election day 2016, there were plenty of non-conservatives who would
>  MP> have also gladly embraced either if it meant Obama staying in power.

> Nice try, but no. There was no attack on the government after the election in
> 2016. There was no refusal to concede. There was no threat of remaining in
> power despite having been defeated. And there was no widespread support for
> any of that, either. 2020 was a turning point, a whole new animal.

The part about "gladly embracing either" was true, though.  Even if they
didn't demonstrate it in the same way.  If you didn't pick up on that, you
must not have been paying attention.

> And I suppose you've heard about the attack on Pelosi's husband by now.

No I have not, but I have not had a TV on since yesterday morning.


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