"Global Warming"? Well I've experienced cold winters, THEREFORE CLIMATE CHANGE IS A HOAX.
"Patriot Act"? Well I don't care for the encroaching security state, THEREFORE I MUST BE AN ENEMY OF THE STATE.
"Never forget"? Oh shit, slipped my mind, I GUESS 9/11 NEVER HAPPENED.
"1%"? Well gosh, I know a medical technician who earns $350K/year, but they're still paying off student loans, THEREFORE THE WAGE GAP IS A MYTH.
"Believe all women"? Buddy, I have an ex who used to lie and cheat on me, THEREFORE WE SHOULD ACQUIT HARVEY WEINSTEIN.
These assclowns are total fucklords. Guarantee if you ask them to break down any of these slogans down they could do it in exquisite detail. The truth is they just disagree but lack the conviction to say so and want to lecture you instead.
(I'm always thinking back to Matt Christman's dichotomy of "don't be an ahole vs. don't be a p*y" that perfectly encapsulates today's libs/cons).
You gotta hide the democratic socialism pills inside the dog sausage or Americans won't eat them
is this what means to play "hide the sausage"?
Mike's meat trick
Socialists have to be honest with their working-class target audience, or else they won't be trusted once workers figure out the pill is in the sausage. This is opportunist CPUSA "crypto-socialist" nonsense, a deliberate lowering of the Marxist banner.
I was poking fun at the mindset
I've seen enough unironic versions of this formulation that I thought you were dead serious.