skews13
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The stenographers of current events and the other hope-peddlers, with their horse-race journalism, false equivalence "both-sides-ism" and obsession with meaningless controversies would not let themselves see the truth of Trump's danger or that of his neo-fascist movement. To admit the truth about Trump would mean that the old habits of writing and thinking about American politics are obsolete. Moreover, such an admission would demand speaking truth to power in a way that many members of the mainstream news media, specifically, are too afraid to, for both professional and personal reasons.
Republicans and other members of the Trump movement used "Trump Derangement Syndrome" to bully their critics into silence. The American right celebrated drinking "liberal tears" and loved the way Trump's victory had made Democrats and so-called progressives go "crazy."
Trump Derangement Syndrome is weaponized language in the same vein as the myth of the "liberal media." Both lies put Democrats and the mainstream news media on the defense. While the American right and the Republican Party (and now Trump's neo-fascist movement) drag the issue-space further and further to the right — and have done so for decades — the "liberal media" tries to find an imaginary balance by presenting right-wing extremism as somehow a "reasonable" alternative point of view.
It was obvious from the beginning. The illusion of dictating terms, is a conservative mental disorder. That world doesn't exist anymore.
Republicans and other members of the Trump movement used "Trump Derangement Syndrome" to bully their critics into silence. The American right celebrated drinking "liberal tears" and loved the way Trump's victory had made Democrats and so-called progressives go "crazy."
Trump Derangement Syndrome is weaponized language in the same vein as the myth of the "liberal media." Both lies put Democrats and the mainstream news media on the defense. While the American right and the Republican Party (and now Trump's neo-fascist movement) drag the issue-space further and further to the right — and have done so for decades — the "liberal media" tries to find an imaginary balance by presenting right-wing extremism as somehow a "reasonable" alternative point of view.
What "Trump derangement syndrome"? We were right about him all along
Those of us who warned America that fascism was coming were called hysterical alarmists. How does that feel now?
www.salon.com
What "Trump derangement syndrome"? We were right about him all along
Those of us who warned America that fascism was coming were called hysterical alarmists. How does that feel now?
www.salon.com
It was obvious from the beginning. The illusion of dictating terms, is a conservative mental disorder. That world doesn't exist anymore.