I kept seeing this headline...but this is the first time I've seen it from a credible source.
I think we've lost the sensitivity to respond to this nonsense. Years of rage baiting etc.
I think Trump could take full autocratic control of this country and nothing would happen at all. Not from the citizens, not from congress. It would be business as usual as we shushed our nerves with "this is just fake news" or "I'm trying to live an unplugged life" or "if it was really bad somebody would do something about it"
News triages newsworthiness based on clicks, its incentivized to get an emotional reaction out of you.
The reader has to wade through all that to triage the absolute importance.
After years of consuming media that led me to believe dt was a Russian spy or at best a political underdog I stopped believing there was some grand scheme that he's trying to overtake the government. Half the country voted for him twice, the dedicated investigation did not convict him of collusion, the supreme court is doing its job.
Do you not see the trend to keep you anticipating some terrible coup etc?
I think my point is you're expected to triage find me votes vs 911. And the fact that find me votes is in the news isn't indicative of democratic decline, its the way the news work.
During dt's first term I believed this as well and eagerly awaited the Mueller investigation.
Then when he won reelection I concluded I was consuming media in an echo chamber.
This fear you're commenting on goes way farther back than dt.
Ballroom, mueller investigation, Benghazi, guantanemo, tan suit, parkland, Alex Jones, mission accomplished, 911. These all got airtime. Some longer than others.
You're commenting on the nature of media to fill silence with noise, and the expectation we place on the reader to triage the news.
I no longer succumb to the emotional response opinions or claims like this try to evoke.
Don't we all remember how worked up we were over the russia collusion story, and the special prosecutor Robert muller...and nothing came of it...and we all forgot about it.
I genuinely feel that the constant exposure to a media that fights for your outrage is the single most dividing factor in our country. It's not a president, its not a Charlie Kirk, its not a Nancy Pelosi. Its a news channel that blasts the worst extreme of an interpretation of a quote into a dedicated story, day in and day out.
We no longer have conversations, in person or online, that don't include a whatsaboutism for every single thing.
What about Charlie kirks assassin, what about the January riots, what about blm riots, what about trumps assassination attempts, what about Nancy Pelosis husband, what about ....
Question the media you consume. Really consider the quality of information you're digesting or if its just a play for an emotional reaction.