If Maddows floats your boat then rock on mate. Who you watch, what you consume, and the conclusions you draw are entirely your own prerogative. All I'd offer in way of response is: not all of us see American media in the same light. What may appear as an articulate presentation of the evidence to you, may appear as rehashed hyper-obsessive diatribe to others.
Did you by chance read the end of my post where I pointed to the erosion of middle-ground? And how frenzied people have become when discussing all matters relating to Trump? Do you not see how the bollox you've just posted kind of proves my point? I literally said Trump is an unscrupulous criminal who's guilty of breaking the law. I even underscored it with a disclaimer confirming my dislike for the guy
Yet amazingly, you managed to overlook all of that, and just launched into a rant accusing me of not being able to see Trump for what he is? And that I'm "sad" for thinking Trumps offences aren't that serious? Sorry mate, but get fucked with that. I know what Trump is and the dangers he poses to democracy. I've said so in this very thread (and others) numerous fucking times. I don't need you or Maddows to explain it to me ad nauseam
The point I was making, before you got all trigger happy, is that the hyper-obsessive style of Maddows/O'Donnell/Kirschner et al is just as damaging to public discourse as the bollox that comes from the right. As evidenced by the fact that we're having this very fucking conversation. Now do you get it?
I totally get what you're saying about the media hype machine Billy. People's bullshit detectors get thrown out the window when they're reading something that aligns with their worldview. I see it all the time on here
I fell for the hysteria for the first two years of the Trump presidency at least, maybe more. Every morning I'd wake up and look at r/politics on reddit for the latest horrors of what Trump and his admin were doing, and the dramatic "this is is, we've finally got him" proclamations. At one point I realised I was just reading the same shit over and over, getting my little dopamine hits. Remember those Seth Abramson tweet storms haha, what's that guy up to now?
That Jon Stewart clip is top notch, give it a watch
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