Good piece from @smotus.bsky.social. What I will add is less scholarly & more based on having grown up in suburban TX with people like Talarico's TX antagonists.
A key answer to the 'who is this messaging even for' is the messengers themselves. They get off on this shit. (1/n)
[Christopher M. Federico]
New at the Smotus Report: Can a gay-bashing campaign by a scandal-plagued candidate still work? Who is this messaging even for?
Just who is the audience for Ken Paxton's gay slurs?
