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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

You're gonna have to explain that one to me.

Unless you're trying to say Republicans aren't evil robots who automatically oppose everything Democrats do, but that makes no sense.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think it's sometimes called Murc's law.

Part of it is blaming Democrats for things, but when Republicans are huge assholes accepting it as like just a force of nature.

So like, democrats fail to pass a law to such and such. That framing ignores that Republicans took action to foil it.

https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2022/03/andrew-gelman-on-murcs-law talks about it a little. Or https://whereofonecanspeak.com/2023/03/02/youve-probably-never-heard-of-murcs-law-but-youve-seen-it-in-action-lots-of-times/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Ah, I see. I thought you were disagreeing with me.