Comments on: The inner workings of the GOP outrage machine… https://www.habitablezone.com/2021/06/11/the-inner-workings-of-the-gop-outrage-machine/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:03:37 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://www.habitablezone.com/2021/06/11/the-inner-workings-of-the-gop-outrage-machine/#comment-46929 ER Sat, 12 Jun 2021 04:40:59 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=88331#comment-46929 It used to work a lot better, but as its used over and over it loses its effectiveness and has to be repeated more often, with more outrageous outrages each time. As it goes on, more and more people will become immune to it. The bad news is that those that don't become immune will get more and more fanatical and will demand worse and worse. I saw the effect at work when I was a kid, and the Redneck Right was obsessed with putting down Darwinian evolution. Eventually, even the fundowackos could no longer ignore the evidence. However, the diminishing cadre of true believers only got more and more extreme. I once had one tell me that fossils had been deliberately placed in the ground by God in order to test our faith. It used to work a lot better, but as its used over and over it loses its effectiveness and has to be repeated more often, with more outrageous outrages each time.

As it goes on, more and more people will become immune to it. The bad news is that those that don’t become immune will get more and more fanatical and will demand worse and worse.

I saw the effect at work when I was a kid, and the Redneck Right was obsessed with putting down Darwinian evolution. Eventually, even the fundowackos could no longer ignore the evidence.

However, the diminishing cadre of true believers
only got more and more extreme. I once had one tell me that fossils had been deliberately placed in the ground by God in order to test our faith.

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