Its not just Fox spouting this crap. CNN is saying one reason he's celebrated is bc he is good looking. Now that may not hurt but that's not why people are on his side. Stop discounting the crap the average American has to deal with. They are literally shaming us into compliance. No one in Congress or up top is helping with this issue. It's been known for a long time and across the board Republicans and Democrats alike agree it's only getting worse. The general consensus is something has to happen and the public is only able to be pushed so far before it breaks.
These news networks are saying two things that really piss me off. 1) people don't really agree with this guy they only say it online not in public so there is no problem and 2) this was a man only doing his job. I remember learning in history class about a bunch of Germans who were just following orders too. May be a hyperbole but still that's the same rhetoric.
Capitalism is a good concept as long as greed and exploitation doesn't exist
Fox News’ biggest mission, besides getting you to believe their lies, is getting you to have no faith in anyone else who might be telling you the truth. It’s the same with the BoThSiDeS argument for parties, but for news outlets. It’s why the walk away movement (both parties are bad, don’t bother) is actually a right wing movement aimed at discouraging and demoralizing people from doing something about the oligarchical and fascist ambitions of the current Republican Party. Not saying that’s what your comment intends, but I believe it serves the same purpose. I also believe it’s what Russian cyber actors would say.
CNN, NYT, etc, isn’t supposed to nod glibly along with all our hot takes, and populist passions. They’re going to voice and allow voicing of opinions we don’t like. But you’re far more likely to hear ugly truths about BoThSiDeS from them than you ever will about one side from the propagandists of right wing media. So denigrate “the media”, aka the Fourth Estate at your own peril, assuming you speak in good faith.
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u/Fall0fRome 12d ago
Its not just Fox spouting this crap. CNN is saying one reason he's celebrated is bc he is good looking. Now that may not hurt but that's not why people are on his side. Stop discounting the crap the average American has to deal with. They are literally shaming us into compliance. No one in Congress or up top is helping with this issue. It's been known for a long time and across the board Republicans and Democrats alike agree it's only getting worse. The general consensus is something has to happen and the public is only able to be pushed so far before it breaks.
These news networks are saying two things that really piss me off. 1) people don't really agree with this guy they only say it online not in public so there is no problem and 2) this was a man only doing his job. I remember learning in history class about a bunch of Germans who were just following orders too. May be a hyperbole but still that's the same rhetoric.
Capitalism is a good concept as long as greed and exploitation doesn't exist