Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:Do you two really not understand what's going on here, or do you really believe Conservatives are terrified by Ms. Crazyeyes?
- Doc
If you hang out on reddit message boards that do a lot of complaining about "SJW's" and such, you might imagine the reason is that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a moron that Republicans want to make the symbol of the Democratic party because it is in their advantage.
The problem with that narrative is that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her social media team just constantly dunk on terrible attempts at criticizing her emanating from right wing media's obsession with her. It makes her look good in the eyes of anyone with still functioning brain cells. Fox is her best PR firm. They make her look razor sharp. But the powers that be there don't have to be
intelligent. If that's their aim, then that's their aim.
Personally, I think some of the early coverage of her in right-wing media was aimed at using her as a strawman for what liberals think. I think from that a narrative developed that took on a life of its own irrespective of what the actual Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is like and snowballed from there. Now, though, she's the latest in a series of Emmanuel Goldsteins right-wing media has to function as a target of outrage and hatred. That's different from, but also related to being terrified.
I also don't think it hurts that she's attractive. You know those Fox exposes where they have announcers complain about the debauchery on display at Spring Break that they play over extensive footage of scantily clad young women doing debauched things at Spring Break? Where Fox tries to milk its audience's desire to feel self-righteous while also titillating them? I think there's a thread of that going on with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez too.