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I have an approach to help understand and interpret something a Republican says in favor or against some proposition. For example, a Republican might say that abortion should be decided by the states. Or a Republican might in a few months say that abortion should be decided by the federal government and not by the states. And these are the same Republicans so it can be confusing. I have a technique that helps me understand such things and I want to share it with you.
Remember in the following that "all models are wrong but some are useful". In other words, I am not suggesting that Republicans are lying pieces of garbage. I am saying that they appear to be lying pieces of garbage for the purposes of predicting future behavior.
The technique is as follows. When a Republican makes an argument such as "abortion should be decide by the states", what they are really saying is "We want to outlaw abortion and we will say any damn thing we want to attain that goal. Then when it is convenient to say something else to attain that goal, that is what we will, without hesitation, do. We are shameless and powermad and there is no point in arguing with us because you are just wasting your time. We dont believe our arguments either".
The Democrats, being endlessly naive and weak, fall for this trick over and over again. Dear Democrats: please grow up. Stop falling for this trick, it makes you look stupid and it does us (remember us? the little people?) no good.
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