How Owning The Libs Became GOP’s Mission Statement

Politico reports:

For a political party whose membership skews older, it might be surprising that the spirit that most animates Republican politics today is best described with a phrase from the world of video games: “Owning the libs.”

Gamers borrowed the term from the nascent world of 1990s computer hacking, using it to describe their conquered opponents: “owned.” To “own the libs” does not require victory so much as a commitment to infuriating, flummoxing or otherwise distressing liberals with one’s awesomely uncompromising conservatism.

And its pop-cultural roots and clipped snarkiness are perfectly aligned with a party that sees pouring fuel on the culture wars’ fire as its best shot at surviving an era of Democratic control.

Read the full article. It’s a fascinating, if supremely annoying, history of the phenomenon from Rush Limbaugh through Marjorie Taylor Green.

History of a mission statement: https://t.co/PhtED7UrIm

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