I respect the Atlantic and they do a lot of good work but I kind of feel like the answer to that is a little bit obvious. Like someone else said, the scandals only stick to one side.
Part of that might be a result of much of the population not being tuned in to factual media. The right-wing outlets do a cover-for-30-seconds approach to any bad thing Trump does.
Um, the scandals only stick to one side. If Biden or Clinton properly label the base of the Republicon party, the tone police never stop the pearl-clutching.
But Republicans can literally do anything, up to and including a coup attempt and it’s NBD.
Yes it is… but it either takes an excessive period of normalcy or extreme societal trauma.
It’s been an endless stream of reports of scandal and cruelty since 2016. How could you not get desensitized? The alternative would be to go insane.
It’s been an endless stream of reports of scandal and cruelty since
20161980. How could you not get desensitized? The alternative would be to go insane.
Only when it affects them directly. Individuality is our biggest strength AND weakness.
No
Watergate was such a big scandal that Nixon gave up before the impeachment procedure had even began, and it left such a big mark that we still talk about it so many decades later.
Trump was involved in many, many more scandals of far greater magnitude, and yet he won the majority of votes.
What the fuck happened during the last 50 years?
Neoliberalism.
Wasn’t Fox News started specifically to ensure that wouldn’t happen again?
^ This. Same for hate radio. And there is now Youtube, Facebook, Xitter, TikTok, Instagram…
