“...I was surprised by his evident yearning to hear me say so, too.”
This has to do with what Ayn Rand called “the sanction of the victim”. Very important to the left’s attempts at self-justification.
That’s also why they’re so upset that President Trump would not formally concede.
Yes. Sanction of the victim. It’s not enough to hush up about the 2020 election. It’s not enough to say nothing about January 6, or to ask no questions about the circumstances of the death of Ashli Babbitt.
You have to make affirmations so you won’t have any grounds to question, resist, or change anything.
Now bend over, China want to do a swab.
Big deal. Madame Chuck-A-Rama of Georgia wouldn’t concede either, but you didn’t see a push from our side for such conformity.