Convicted January 6 insurrectionist and professional conspiracy theorist Owen Shroyer knows his audience wants badly to believe women are stupid, especially if they are cute girls who read books. On Sunday, the Infowars host posted a video titled "College Women Admit They Only Vote For Kamala Because Of Abortion," featuring interviews with young women on campus who believe in basic human rights.

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Shryoer's goal is not subtle. He's pandering to MAGA men who want to feel better about themselves with a fairy tale about how the cute girls who won't date them are a bunch of bimbos. To underscore this narrative, Shroyer floats irrelevant questions about "the economy." Perhaps if he spent more time studying and less time bashing students, he would know that this is what logicians call a false dichotomy. Voting pro-choice is also voting for a better economy. Vice President Kamala Harris has a solid economic plan to reduce costs and grow the job market. Donald Trump, whose economic plan is to gut Social Security and slap a 20% sales tax on all imported goods, plans to send inflation into the stratosphere.

It feels a little silly arguing this point with people who plan to vote for a man who proposed bleach injections to cure COVID-19. They are in no position to judge anyone's intelligence. Sadly, however, this misogynist propaganda can be effective beyond soothing the fragile egos of MAGA men. All too many people are ready to buy the sexist narrative that, because college girls giggle nervously when put on the spot, what they're saying isn't worth listening to. But recent events show that these young voters understand the stakes of this election far better than any of their detractors. So-called "single issue" abortion voters are the smartest voters. They get that the battle over reproductive rights stands in for the whole constellation of matters that will determine whether the U.S. remains free and prosperous, or whether it devolves into an authoritarian hellhole.

Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., is proving how anti-abortion views open the door to authoritarianism and even fascism. Shortly after the far-right Supreme Court ended abortion rights, the Republican-controlled Florida government passed a near-total ban on abortion. In response, pro-choice activists successfully petitioned to get a ballot measure into November's election, which would allow Florida residents to enshrine abortion rights into the constitution.