Redistricting, Disinformation, and the Aesthetics of Cynicism

Like most anti-MAGAs (i.e. those to the left of, say, Mussolini), it’s been deeply engrained in me that Republican gerrymandering in Texas defied a norm, and Democrats are simply aping that move, exploiting the same norm, only much more successfully (in Virginia and Florida, etc.), and that Republicans are shedding crocodile tears over it. But just because the other side lies incessantly doesn’t mean “my side” is honest, honorable and sane. It doesn’t, alas, work that way. In fact, my engrained understanding of the redistricting fight, though emotionally satisfying, might have been spinny bullshit. Argh. So I had a talk with chatGPT... The Dems insist that their redistricting moves in FL and VA were merely tit for tat after Republican redistricting schemes in TX a few months ago. Republicans are accusing Dems of leaving the voters out, but Dems say that’s exactly what the Republicans did in TX. But I just saw a tweet saying “state legislature elections have different norms for citizen…