Originally posted by Starlight
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I was explaining the slowing-changing continuum of conservative denial-acceptance to a friend this week...
I guess this thread makes a good point that I left off the "Well, okay, maybe Russia did stuff, but it was Obama's fault" part of the denial-acceptance spectrum.
"Nothing happened."
"Well, okay, a few Russians bought a few social media ads that virtually nobody saw"
"Well, okay, there might have been a few bots doing online trolling too"
"Well, okay, a few Russians might have approached the Trump campaign, but there was no collusion"
"Well, okay, the Russian government and Putin himself might have been trying to affect the election, but they didn't succeed."
"Well, okay, maybe they had a bigger impact than we previously thought, but there was no collusion and they didn't change the outcome."
"Well, okay, maybe it had a big impact, but Hillary Clinton was so evil it was good."
etc.
It'll eventually arrive at "Well, okay, maybe everyone in the Trump campaign and NRA and Republican leadership was fully colluding with the Russians to rig the election, but we hate Hillary, so suck it libs!"
"Well, okay, a few Russians bought a few social media ads that virtually nobody saw"
"Well, okay, there might have been a few bots doing online trolling too"
"Well, okay, a few Russians might have approached the Trump campaign, but there was no collusion"
"Well, okay, the Russian government and Putin himself might have been trying to affect the election, but they didn't succeed."
"Well, okay, maybe they had a bigger impact than we previously thought, but there was no collusion and they didn't change the outcome."
"Well, okay, maybe it had a big impact, but Hillary Clinton was so evil it was good."
etc.
It'll eventually arrive at "Well, okay, maybe everyone in the Trump campaign and NRA and Republican leadership was fully colluding with the Russians to rig the election, but we hate Hillary, so suck it libs!"
I guess this thread makes a good point that I left off the "Well, okay, maybe Russia did stuff, but it was Obama's fault" part of the denial-acceptance spectrum.
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