the amazing thing is that if you write about this in an honest and level-headed way, you wil still get people telling you that you're overreactingthe amazing thing is that if you write about this in an honest and level-headed way, you wil still get people telling you that you're overreacting
people don't want to believe that a generational fascist threat is on the doorstep and the Free Press Flagships are sleepwalking and/or complicit they couch it in smart, dismissive language but it really is just head-in-the-sand mentality
They've normalised Trump's output. Anyone who hasn't normalised it is 'overreacting'.
Are there any particular organizations or publications that you can think of that employ a lot of people who are constantly telling us that we're overreacting?
And also, the press is responsible for Trump.
Absolutely. Because Trump sounds insane, to quote him directly sounds insane, but that doesn’t make it any less true.
Facebook is the one place where I am still connected to Trump supporters, so I decided to try one Trump is Bad post, and writing it straight without sounding like a guy ranting outside a Metro station is very challenging! And even if you manage, many people still will read it that way (“TDS”)
The headlines about these stories should include word for word quotes. Not sanitized shit like "Trump muses on genetics"
They believe in “normalcy” even when it does not exist.
This NYT article today doesn’t pull many punches on all of these… And also makes the alarming point that supporters now see it as performative lying and no barrier to their core wants from the next President www.nytimes.com/2024/10/14/u...
When the former president endorses violence and proposes using the government to attack his enemies, many of his supporters assume it’s just an act.