Fair points.
To be clear, I’m not recommending we be Pollyanna or blind.
I remember liberals and conservatives smarting after the 2004 and 2012 elections, respectively. But, in general everyone was an adult about it. Everyone brushed themselves off, assessed where they went wrong, and made changes.
However, you’d have to be a NeverTrumper or intentionally obtuse to think the past few years were a 2004- or 2012-like business as usual election season. We can debate if this was a long time in the making or not. Regardless, the mask is off.
There is a large swath of online bandwidth split between the Eeyores and the CWII posters that are “conservative.” In general, I view these folks as being full of themselves. They, sadly, have been seduced by all this nonsense and believe their own hype.
There is a two-pronged strategy needed.
Trump (it sure won’t be the RNC) needs to mobilize legal resources and manpower to combat the ballot harvesting. The corollary to that first prong is what to do once he wins the election.
The second prong is a hearts-and-minds strategy which, frankly, we are winning. Rappers are joining Trump onstage. The Covid narrative is collapsing - 6 feet distancing was a sham. More and more acquaintances who were covid Karens and Brandons have gotten the virus despite taking the jab, and are now saying wtf. And Bidet is a walking political ad for Trump. Dropping these nuggets into conversation builds affinity bias.
Hope is not a business plan. But neither is despair. Be well.