The conspiracy joins a list of other claims by the presidential candidate, including the suggestion at an anti-COVID-19 vaccine demo that life was more difficult today than it was for those attempting to flee Nazi Germany
The conspiracy joins a list of other claims by the presidential candidate, including the suggestion at an anti-COVID-19 vaccine demo that life was more difficult today than it was for those attempting to flee Nazi Germany
So like… I’m curious. What’s his game plan? Is he just utterly, completely batshit insane? He has to know that this sort of shit makes him categorically unelectable.
On the other hand… this is a concerning example of how far and fast the Overton window has shifted in American politics. That this is no longer considered something that would get you summarily thrown out of polite society has some very troubling implications.
He’s insane, he knows he can’t beat Biden, but he’s using the platform to spread his ideas about vaccines and such and maybe get Biden to compromise. What’s crazier is that Republicans are funding his campaign in the hopes of weakening Biden for next year.
How’s the crazy?
Perhaps crazy isn’t the right word. It’s very unusual for Republicans to support an environmentalist who disagrees with much of their platform. It’s also considered a political dirty trick to undermine a rival politician like this.
I’m less convinced that he’s an environmentalist and more suspicious that he just likes the legal fees associated with environmental law. And probably likes the speaking fees Republican backers offer to a “liberal” anti-vaxxer.
The only thing I can see is that he’s hoping that people vote for him because of his famous name. He’s hoping everyone says “Kennedy… That name sounds presidential” and checks the box with his name in it.
And if anyone thinks this will actually work, I’ve got some NFTs to sell them.
It almost worked in the MA senatorial race a few years ago with another Kennedy
The right has succeeded enormously in changing the definition of “free speech” for a large segment of the population to mean “speech without public criticism or outrage.”
That guarantees that we will see lots of horrific people get into office and get the spotlight, because anyone who asks “why are we platforming these people” will be accused of “cancel culture” and “being anti-free speech” by all the conservatives and even some liberals, now.
Forget that the people I want ostracized from major public platforms are actual, literal nazis, saying nazi things and actively working to enact a system which will enable actual genocide. That doesn’t matter any more to a lot of liberal suburbanites who believe that free speech is somehow sacrosanct, and have accepted the new definition.
It guarantees the Overton window will continue shifting to the right at an alarmingly fast rate unless we enact laws to stop it, which we can’t because of how broad the first amendment is.