ANOTHER WINGNUT NARRATIVE BREAKS DOWN

A local wingnut radio station used to air a promo they made from callers to the station and part of it included statements that thanked them for representing the views of "most of us" and for saying what most of us think "behind closed doors." On an AOL News message board, I came across one poster who was astounded to find that most middle-class Americans DON'T agree with the movement conservative agenda. It seems the wingnuts really need to believe that their views are representative of the majority of Americans, though I can't imagine WHY they need to believe that. IF the wingnuts really believe in individual freedom, they shouldn't need the false comfort of thinking most Americans agree with them.

Maha sums up this delusion:

A cornerstone of the right-wing worldview is the belief that most Americans — most white Americans, anyway — believe the same things righties believe. If they see another American expressing a different worldview, either this person is “loony” — an aberration; not to be taken seriously — or “they’re just being PC,” meaning most Americans who express liberal ideas are just saying what they are supposed to say, not what they really believe. And if conservatives lose elections, it’s either because of voter fraud or media bias, not because most American don’t think the way righties do.