@cass_m @pluralistic

Yes, the objects of imaginary harm are called "strawmen" and the right has been mass-producing these scary scarecrows for ...mmm...over 50 years now.

thanks for noticing!

Now back to your regularly scheduled ...programming. So you can continue to rediscover this, over and over, for another 50 years.

Brings up a thought....crows may be smarter than humans. That scarecrows are fake is already genetic memory for them!

Go crows! Maybe they should get the vote....