Even the examples on this message board?
Literally anyone, including posters here.
Not quite the focus of what I’m asking about. I did in another thread I started, but not this one.
The important part is that the doomsayers in question themselves fully believe what they’re saying. (Though obviously not all do.) What I’m saying is, when I read someone, from a random Doper to a nationally exposed pundit, say something like “we’re screwed” or “American democracy is over if Trump is elected [and he is],” I hear an inherent message they’re trying to send me and persuade me of: it’s hopeless, your life will be ruined, the fascists will come for you and your friends and put them in camps.
It’s not about believing them in this case. I’m saying they are sending and trying to spread that message, whether deliberately or not.
No.
While you didn’t believe me the first time, I suppose you have no reason to believe me now, but no.