Given how often headlines claim that Maga has imploded, melted down, or been slammed, one would think that nothing would be left of it by now—but unfortunately, none of this has any consequences.

That last bit of "This is nothing like what it's like at night. It's really bad!"

Oh my god princess. They're blasting music and dancing in inflated costumes. For fuck sake, talk about snowflakes.

Is this whole administration going to turn out to just be a Family Guy skit culminating in Peter fighting that giant chicken again? 🤔

MAGA “implodes” over just about anything.

I think what is happening is the reluctance of associating the term influencer with propagandist. The terms themselves are synonymous, influencer a little more specific, and without the added negative connotations propagandist has. If people realized “influencer” is just another term for propagandist, that may harm ad revenue. So we have “distinctions” being made, between influencers who do regular propaganda and influencers who do bad propaganda or “influencer propaganda” instead of just admitting they are all by definition propagandists.

Propaganda is the expression of opinions or actions carried out deliberately by individuals or groups with a view to influencing the opinions or actions of other individuals or groups for predetermined ends and through psychological manipulations.

Propaganda, Jacques Ellul

If the "maga" didn't have their brains completely pickled by being steeped in racism, propaganda from hate radio and Faux, they should double over in laughter like all normal humans did.

Side note: I wonder if her animal-killing instincts (because according to her, if you live the rural life, you are a psychopath just like her. That's just "rural life" or something, lol.) weren't telling her to race down there and choke that chicken...

Oh yeah, look at Secretary Noem bravely staring down the violent mob, in a chicken suit playing the Benny Hill theme song, an antifa anthem representing chaos and disorder.

https://xcancel.com/BoLoudon/status/1975665503759966258

You know, I kinda see now the point on why super heroes wear costumes. With their identities protected, they feel more powerful. I would feel invulnerable staring down on Noem while wearing a chicken suit.

She's so exposed. I'm just waiting for her to get domed in playing sight with the police.

I'd love to read the article without a pay wall.

Yes, I could take the time to look for the archive, but if OP couldn't be bothered, neither can I.

I highly doubt anything is "imploding". More likely MAGA is just ignoring the stupid aspect of the stunts.

I stopped reading at the part where they say provocateur is the wrong word and how using the wrong word diminishes the overall piece.

After all, these people are not propagandists. They don't spread hate as a means to an end. Hate and xenophobia is not a tool in their arsenal. It's not a "take it or leave it" proposition.

It's crazy to paint maga as a bunch of calculated leaders who only care about procedural theories and abstract policy, and it's just their followers who believe the hype.

And because the author used the wrong word I guess that means this article is overall worse for it.

Edit: and the aggressive headline! I guess if their editor used the wrong words then the article must be worse than I thought.