Thanks for the good followup, Bob - this is much more what I've come to expect from your earlier work, and helps to ease my concerns from last week.
However, I think you may need to reconsider one paragraph that seems to be factually incorrect, and may indicate some motivated reasoning on your part:
"...elected Republicans don’t think Q has any insight or that the 2020 election was really stolen. The public at large surely doesn’t. Still, the Trumpian nihilism is supported and maintained by his strong base of support, a base that terrifies nearly all elected Republicans. "
All the polls we keep hearing about (from both the conservative and liberal media outlets) are consistently telling us that a majority of rank-and-file Republicans do believe that the election was stolen, and a substantial number of Republican voters do believe in much of what the Q delusions are saying. This seems to be the base that is terrifying all elected Republicans - as well it should.
The fantasies of a majority of the Republican party appear to me to be a significant threat to the stability of the nation as a whole, at least as long as the elected GOP elites remain so terrified of their own supporters.
As a thoughtful moderate, I am very open to hearing more about how you, as a thoughtful conservative, will be moving forward in your political advocacy.
And as the son of a Christian minister who answered the call and marched with MLK in Selma, I have hope that the path you choose will be one I can support.
Thanks for the good followup, Bob - this is much more what I've come to expect from your earlier work, and helps to ease my concerns from last week.
However, I think you may need to reconsider one paragraph that seems to be factually incorrect, and may indicate some motivated reasoning on your part:
"...elected Republicans don’t think Q has any insight or that the 2020 election was really stolen. The public at large surely doesn’t. Still, the Trumpian nihilism is supported and maintained by his strong base of support, a base that terrifies nearly all elected Republicans. "
All the polls we keep hearing about (from both the conservative and liberal media outlets) are consistently telling us that a majority of rank-and-file Republicans do believe that the election was stolen, and a substantial number of Republican voters do believe in much of what the Q delusions are saying. This seems to be the base that is terrifying all elected Republicans - as well it should.
The fantasies of a majority of the Republican party appear to me to be a significant threat to the stability of the nation as a whole, at least as long as the elected GOP elites remain so terrified of their own supporters.
As a thoughtful moderate, I am very open to hearing more about how you, as a thoughtful conservative, will be moving forward in your political advocacy.
And as the son of a Christian minister who answered the call and marched with MLK in Selma, I have hope that the path you choose will be one I can support.