Hatred of AOC
I am fascinated by the fixation on Alexandrisa Ocasio-Cortez among conservatives. Usually conservatives fixate on figures who possesses significant power: the president, a governor, the house speaker. A now two term member of congress does not typically have much influence on the workings of government, but she is a prominent target of the political right. They proclaim her progressive policy initiatives, none of which are likely to be adopted, are socialist. Conservatives belittle her youth and lack of experience, though the election of Madison Cawthorn, a white, conservative Republican male congressman younger than her without a college degree and very little work experience does not seem to be very much of a problem. She is derisively considered a media darling because she uses social media adeptly for fundraising and messaging, though Donald Trump's and other conservatives' use of the same is considered freedom of speech. Because she can finally afford to buy professi