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The Trans Panic: How Conservatives Duped Their Phobic Base and Sacrificed a Vulnerable Minority
When you understand what motivates people, you can easily manipulate them.
Once you’ve figured out their vulnerabilities, all you need to do is apply consistent pressure, and you can lead them wherever you want. Right now, the Republican Party is performing a master class in such collective coercion.
Knowing that their white Evangelical base has been weaned since birth on a steady diet of fear, prejudice, and white supremacy, Conservative politicians and preachers have worked a remarkable con: they’ve convinced their phobia-prone rank and file that their most dire threat isn’t the…
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