Crash Course: The Barbie "backlash" isn't just cynical — it shows how the GOP abuses their own supporters

Relentless culture war is turning Republican voters into alienated, isolated people — very much like a cult. [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmojA9P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbXRzZndtank1NS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWUybGF6eXJvZXlXA3NwY0IKZLZAq79ksVBoglIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmojA9P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZGd3djZqbDI4ei8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWUybGF6eXJvZXkmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZLZAq79ksVBoglIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). The Barbie "backlash" isn't just cynical — it shows how the GOP abuses their own supporters Amanda Marcotte: Republicans can't let people have a good time without getting angry about it. The [right-wing propaganda machine whipped into high gear](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmojA9P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNnF4aHo2d3RmMy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWUybGF6eXJvZXkmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZLZAq79ksVBoglIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) over the weekend, screeching at endless top volume about how America was being destroyed because Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling were making campy jokes. The complaints, unsurprisingly, were not about Hollywood's overdependence on existing intellectual properties or lack of creativity. Instead, the gripes were chaotic and hard to follow. 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